As usual, I´ve spent my last summer days, in expectation of the latest book from the Gabriel Allon series, the successful Mossad top spy featured in Daniel Silva´s series. My very busy working and life schedule, rarely allows me to follow series from A to Z, but this one is probably one of the few, if not the only one, that I religiously followed one book at a time, every single year.
The 24th installment, A Death in Cornwall, is very well structured, and following a clear story: the search for a looted Picasso, stolen years ago during the Shoah from its rightful Jewish owners. Gabriel Allon, now retired - officially, because a spy never actually is fully enjoying his non-active time - is trying to figure out some mysterious murders surrounding this Picasso getting entangled in a conspiracy leading to Downing Street and upper echalons of the British politics. It does also involves some thriller travel, from Cornwall to Corsica and back to London.
From one perspective, the book is extremely moderate in terms of suspense, without the extended global outreach and terrorism focus as in previous books. However, the focus on looted art is enough, and the information about the dark ways of art money laudering is accurate and it is complex enough to keep the reader focused.
The focus on British politics is also relevant, given the latest corruption scandals and unaccountability of politicians that took the first page of local and international newspapers.
Unexpected, in the very good sense, systematic and relevant, A Death in Cornwall is another gem from the series. I am just left with the sad feeling that I have to wait just another one full year until the next installment.
Rating: 4.5 stars
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