The Kill Artist

Silva, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0375500901 / ISBN 13: 9780375500909

Published by Random House, New York, 2000

About this Item

First Edition/First Printing. Near fine (slight lean, else clean and unread) in Fine dust jacket. A Nice Copy of the first book in the Gabriel Allon Serries.

Seller Inventory # 006584

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kill Artist
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375500901
• ISBN 13: 9780375500909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

From worldwide bestselling author Daniel Silva, praised by Newsday for "bringing new life to the international thriller," The Kill Artist is a taut and elegantly structured novel about a reluctant hero and his mission to destroy an old enemy and preserve international peace.
Gabriel Allon had a simple but brutal job: he tracked down and eliminated Israel's terrorist enemies. But when his wife and son fell victim to the danger that accompanied him everywhere, Gabriel quit and devoted himself to the work of art restoration, an occupation that had previously been a cover for his secret assignments. Now Ari Shamron, the head of Israeli intelligence, needs Gabriel's particular kind of experience to thwart a Palestinian plot to destroy the peace negotiations in the Middle East. The architect of this plot, a Palestinian zealot named Tariq, is a lethal part of Gabriel's past, so as the two begin an intercontinental game of hide-and-seek, with life and death as the prizes, the motives are as personal as they are political. The story features a vivid and fascinating supporting cast, including the magus-like Ari Shamron, a beautiful French Jewish model who is seeking retribution for her family's death in the Holocaust, and a marvelously comic down-at-the-heels London art dealer. Set these colorful and varied characters against a brilliant background of political intrigue and vengeance at the highest levels and a manhunt that covers three continents, and the result is a smart and electrically exciting global thriller.

About the Author

Daniel Silva's first three novels — The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, and The Marching Season — were all national bestsellers and have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, NBC Today show correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children.