A Death in Vienna (Gabriel Allon, #4)

by Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon's nightmares come back to haunt him in this tense thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva.

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing that killed an old friend, but while there he encounters something that turns his world upside down. It is a face—a face that feels hauntingly familiar, a face that chills him to the bone. 

While desperately searching for answers, Allon will uncover a portrait of evil stretching across sixty years and thousands of lives—and into his own personal nightmares...

• ISBN10: 0451213181
• ISBN13: 9780451213181
• Publish Date: 1 February 2005 (first published 23 February 2004)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback (US Tall Rack)
• Pages: 448
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451213181

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

You could fill in the dots somewhat with this plot. Story starts with the blowing up of a Jewish war-crime office in Austria and when this is investigated it opens a huge can of worms that lead to more deaths and a lot of twists and turns.

As I said I found it pretty predictable but it moved at a fairly good pace and I finished it pretty quickly. However I didn't really engage with any of the characters, the author seemed determined that I should without showing me why I should.

[ibeforem]

Much like the two before it, this book focuses not on Israel and Palestine, but on continued ramifications of the Holocaust. Another stellar entry in the series. New love interest for Gabriel in this one, who appears to maybe be more permanent. I still want Jacqueline to come back!