The Unlikely Spy

I just finished reading The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva's first novel.  It is a World War II thriller about a British college professor who is drafted by Winston Churchill into running a counterespionage campaign to thwart Nazi spies in the UK.  Not too long after this book was published, Silva wrote The Kill Artist, his first Gabriel Allon thriller, and began the series that has made him an international bestselling author year after year.  Since the book I have is a first edition of Silva's first novel, which I purchased at a used book sale, I thought it might be worth some serious money.  After all, my friend Wally bought a first edition of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy's first novel, and sold it for a small fortune.  I immediately checked the internet to see how many thousands of dollars my copy of The Unlikely Spy would bring, and found that a signed first edition was worth $16.  I guess I will put off buying that villa in France, at least for the time being. Regardless, I really enjoyed this story and heartily  recommend it, even if it didn't make a fortune for me.