The English Girl - Gabriel Allon, Bk 13 Author:Daniel Silva Seven days...One girl...No second chances — Madeline Hart is a rising star in British government: beautiful, intelligent, driven to succeed by an impoverished childhood. But she also has a dark secret: she is the lover of Prime Minister Jonathan Lancaster. When she disappears on the island of Corsica, it's clear her kidnappers know about the ... more »affair and intend to make the PM pay dearly for his sins. Fearful of a scandal that will destroy his career, Lancaster decides to handle the matter privately, and not involve the police.
Enter Gabriel Allon -- assassin, art restorer, and spy -- who must find Madeline within seven days before she is executed. With the clock ticking, Allon is thrust into a deadly game of shadows in which nothing is what it seems -- and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the truth. . . .« less
With each book, Silva adds yet one more layer of depth to Gabriel Allon. Here is a character that does not get old in the literary sense. We find new things about him, and how it means to live in the midst of the life each of us is given.