The story begins with a brutal death of a journalist in Courchevel, France. Art-restorer, assassin, former spy and protagonist, Gabriel Allon, is summoned by the Israeli Special Ops to investigate. What he uncovers is an impending missile sale by the Russians to al-Qaeda which coincides with a release of a new videotape by Osama bin Laden containing four denunciatory words: the arrows of Allah.
The investigation assisted by fellow superspies including Allon's second wife, Chiara, follows an international trek covering Rome, Moscow, Jerusalem and St Tropez, among other hotspots. The main suspect is a former KGB colonel, Ivan Kharkov, who is elusive, dangerous and married to a woman who eventually gives his game up to the authorities.
Moscow Rules is the eighth book in the Gabriel Allon series. Written with pace and plenty of painfully brilliant action, it is a gripping read with believable characters and it is as satisfying as the many deceptions that the story is interspersed with, although, if you have read similar spy stories in the past, you would find this book a touch predictable.
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As this is my first Silva book, I have a lot of reading to do to find out how Allon gets to where he is in Moscow Rules. What is for certain is that I will definitely be reading more of his work and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!
My rating: 3/5 (Enjoyable)
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