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A review by fredmoyer
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
4.0
Israeli intelligence operative vs Palestinian terrorist
This is the first book in a series of 21 (and still counting!) books that features Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon. In this first book, it’s a cat and mouse game between Israeli agent Gabriel Allon and the Palestinian assassin Tariq. Each man is planning to kill the other, but only one man can prevail. Of course, as there is a series of Gabriel Allon books, you already know which man was successful. But nothing was easy. Tariq was appropriately ruthless, clever and elusive. And events would keep forcing Gabriel Allon’s plans to change.
The writing is very good. Locations are quite descriptive, so much so that you felt like you are right there with the characters. And the character themselves were well-drawn, so you felt like you got to know them as real people (rather than just as over-the-top superheroes or supervillains). And changing circumstances and plans-gone-awry kept the story exciting and suspenseful.
Bottom line: Simple kill-or-be-killed plot, but still a good spy drama with really good characters.
This is the first book in a series of 21 (and still counting!) books that features Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon. In this first book, it’s a cat and mouse game between Israeli agent Gabriel Allon and the Palestinian assassin Tariq. Each man is planning to kill the other, but only one man can prevail. Of course, as there is a series of Gabriel Allon books, you already know which man was successful. But nothing was easy. Tariq was appropriately ruthless, clever and elusive. And events would keep forcing Gabriel Allon’s plans to change.
The writing is very good. Locations are quite descriptive, so much so that you felt like you are right there with the characters. And the character themselves were well-drawn, so you felt like you got to know them as real people (rather than just as over-the-top superheroes or supervillains). And changing circumstances and plans-gone-awry kept the story exciting and suspenseful.
Bottom line: Simple kill-or-be-killed plot, but still a good spy drama with really good characters.