I just finished reading Portrait of an Unknown Woman, the latest Gabriel Allon thriller by Daniel Silva. This novel finds Allon, former head of Israeli Intelligence, retired and living in Venice with his wife Chiara and their two children. Julian Isherwood, an art dealer friend, contacts him about the supposedly accidental death of a woman who was on her way to meet him, allegedy with evidence about a painting Isherwood recently sold for millions of dollars being a forgery. This begins a search for the people behind the biggest art forgery ring in history. I really enjoyed this book. It is well worth reading, but I have to say that the plots were more exciting when Allon was head of Israeli intelligence, matching wits with Islamic State terrorists and Russian assassins. Hopefully the next Gabriel Allon thriller will find his old service calling him back for a special assignment.
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