| MOSCOW RULES; Silva’s New Spy Thriller |
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| Written by Helen Jones | |
| Friday, 25 July 2008 | |
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Dan Silva, who is mentioned in the same breath with Frederick Forsyth and John LeCarre, once again takes readers on a roller coaster spy thriller in Moscow Rules. Gabriel Allon, the spy made famous by Daniel Silva, has taken a sabbatical. Recently married, he and his new bride, Chiara, have come to Umbria, Italy to enjoy the quiet of the countryside in a huge mansion. Chiara spends her days sleeping, walking, and swimming. Gabriel (under the pseudonym of “Alessio Vanelli) sequesters himself in the drawing room working on his latest project; he has been commissioned by none other than the Pope to restore a beautiful painting by the artist, Poisson. The newlyweds’ days are long and lovely until one day when Gabriel is summoned by his long-time fellow spy, Uzi Navot. He never finishes the Poisson.Navot persuades Gabriel to postpone his honeymoon for a bit, due to a critical situation. A noted newspaper reporter, Boris Ostrovsky, is reported to be coming to Italy. He wants to confide a great Russian secret and will only talk to Gabriel. However, before they have a chance to meet, Ostrovsky is killed. Gabriel must go to Moscow; not the old, dreary Moscow, but the new Moscow with its new rules. A Moscow filled with oil money and expensive cars. Where the opponents of the ruling class are silenced; forever. Where a plan is underway to restore Russia to its former glory and power and to rid the world of an old enemy, the United States. Dan Silva takes readers from Italy to France to Russia in a windstorm of controversy, spy games, mass weapons, murder and deceit, leaving them breathless. In Moscow Rules, Silva breaks all the rules and will not allow readers to find a spot where it will be all right to put the book down for while.
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