The English Assassin (a Gabriel Allon thriller) by Daniel Silva

This is the first Allon novel in a trilogy (with The Confessor and A Death in Vienna) which is set mainly in Switzerland involving an innocent woman's suicide, Nazi art theft, ruthless assassins (of course!), deep-rooted conspiracies and Switzerland's shameful past during WWII. 

Having once experienced life as a musician in my younger days, I am very impressed with
1)  Silva's take on the lengths a professional musician goes to to prepare himself/herself before a recital and
2)  his understanding of the technically difficult "The Devil's Trill" as should be rendered and performed.

I have enjoyed reading about the very real events of the looting of private and public collections of art during WWII and the exhilarating twists and turns that Silva usually adheres to in his books.

I highly recommend it for hours of international espionage fun. 

Rating: 4/5 (Entertained)