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The Black Widow

by Daniel Silva

2016 · thriller & suspense · adult

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Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israel secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.

Set in

  • ★
    Paris · France
    Paris where the ISIS bombing at a conference on antisemitism triggers Gabriel Allon's operation against Saladin
    ★ primary
  • Jerusalem · Israel
    Gabriel Allon's base as head of Israeli intelligence

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