Solid characters.
Intriguing plots.
Controversial.
Original storyline.
Corrupting.
Thoroughly researched.
Intelligently written.
The above sums up my review of The Confessor, Silva's third book in the Gabriel Allon espionage series and the second of a trilogy (the first being The English Assasin, read my review: 4 June 2010 and the final one, A Death in Vienna, read my review: 28 June 2010) based on the unending business of the Holocaust.
When Allon's friend, Benjamin Stern (youngest of Ari Shamron's wayward sons), is mysteriously murdered for working on a book, he puts aside the Bellini he is working on to investigate. As usual, his investigation brings him to a few places of interest in Europe including the secretive and taciturn Vatican. However, not all is holy and christian at the Vatican. Allon eventually finds out that some officials of the Vatican would do anything to keep the long-buried secrets of the Holy See intact. Read it and find out why! I guarantee the elaborate and complicated twists and turns will keep you glued.
I think it is worth saying that apart from the many places Allon brings us to, his penchant for the local gastronomy always whet my appetite!
Rating: 5/5 (Riveting)
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