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A Death in Cornwall
Gabriel Allon (Related to this series)
- Author
- Daniel Silva
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 July 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER
A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve…
Acclaimed internationally bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the year’s most anticipated new thriller.
'Allon is the 21st century Bond' – DAILY MAIL
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary.
The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford who spends her weekends in the same seaside village where Gabriel once lived under an assumed identity. Her murder appears to be the work of a diabolical serial killer who has been terrorizing the Cornish countryside. But there are a number of telltale inconsistencies, including a missing mobile phone. And then there is the mysterious three-letter cypher she left behind on a notepad in her study.
Gabriel soon discovers that Professor Blake was searching for a looted Picasso worth more than a $100 million, and he takes up the chase for the painting as only he can – with six Impressionist canvases forged by his own hand and an unlikely team of operatives that includes a world-famous violinist, a beautiful master thief, and a lethal contract killer turned British spy. The result is a stylish and wildly entertaining mystery that moves at lightning speed from the cliffs of Cornwall to the enchanted island of Corsica and, finally, to a breathtaking climax on the very doorstep of 10 Downing Street.
Supremely elegant and suspenseful, A Death in Cornwall is Daniel Silva at his best – a dazzling tale of murder, power, and insatiable greed that will hold readers spellbound until they turn the final page.
Readers love Daniel Silva:'An author who is master of his craft' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Silva gets better with each book' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Superbly current, believable, and cutting to the bone' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Praise for the series:
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'Allon is the 21st century Bond' – DAILY MAIL
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'A world-class practitioner of spy fiction' – WASHINGTON POST
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'Sexily brooding Allon… must be the most famous superspy not played by Daniel Craig' – DAILY TELEGRAPH
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'[A] top-notch thriller by a writer with the inside track on spying' THE SUN
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‘A tense, thrilling adventure’ HUFFINGTON POST
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Details
- Author
- Daniel Silva
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Duration
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 July 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008710552
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Adventure / action fiction, Political / legal thriller, Narrative theme: politics / economics
Synopsis
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed internationally bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the year’s most anticipated new thriller. 'Allon is the 21st century Bond' – DAILY MAIL Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary. The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford who spends her weekends in the same seaside village where Gabriel once lived under an assumed identity. Her murder appears to be the work of a diabolical serial killer who has been terrorizing the Cornish countryside. But there are a number of telltale inconsistencies, including a missing mobile phone. And then there is the mysterious three-letter cypher she left behind on a notepad in her study. Gabriel soon discovers that Professor Blake was searching for a looted Picasso worth more than a $100 million, and he takes up the chase for the painting as only he can – with six Impressionist canvases forged by his own hand and an unlikely team of operatives that includes a world-famous violinist, a beautiful master thief, and a lethal contract killer turned British spy. The result is a stylish and wildly entertaining mystery that moves at lightning speed from the cliffs of Cornwall to the enchanted island of Corsica and, finally, to a breathtaking climax on the very doorstep of 10 Downing Street. Supremely elegant and suspenseful, A Death in Cornwall is Daniel Silva at his best – a dazzling tale of murder, power, and insatiable greed that will hold readers spellbound until they turn the final page. Readers love Daniel Silva: 'An author who is master of his craft' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Silva gets better with each book' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Superbly current, believable, and cutting to the bone' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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