The Other Woman: A Novel (Gabriel Allon) Hardcover – July 17, 2018

Well, I've read all of Silva's books and up to this point liked them, but all good things must come to an end. This book is nothing but boring drivel with the same repetitive plot devices i.e. Allon once again neglecting his family, solving the world's problems, and doing the same things over and over. This is certainly the worst book Silva has ever written, almost like he didn't write it himself or doesn't care as long as he can sell more books.It really left me wondering how the other books in this series could have been so good, or maybe I just imagined they were good but I don't think so. In any case, this book is a waste of time to read, and sadly, I'm done with Silva and this series. Maybe 18 books is just too many for any series. Pages and pages of filler material that had no relevance, so I had to skim over it to get to the story again....what little there was of it.

I have enjoyed all of the Allon books and looked forward to this one. Very disappointing. Allon is now a money making product and not a character in an action thriller. The book was boring and read like google maps directions for the first half. After that you realized it was a ridiculous premise and was a vehicle for Silva to express his political views. Just a poor effort this time. I hope that Silva goes back to the drawing board and comes up with an entertaining book next time. If you are expecting an interesting and entertaining Gabriel Allon adventure, save your money!

I have read all his books, this is the weakest. Could have left out the whole middle...re Philby..for those who have read about himCould have done without his political commentary..I doubt Allon would have appreciated. May not read another of his books!

I see where others have written what I was thinking..."is Daniel Silva getting tired". There was none of the Gabriel Allon that I've gotten used to. I kept reading hoping things would pick up...but it never did. I can't believe I'm about to say this about a Daniel Silva book, but it was a waste of my time to read it. There was precious little action...very little Chiara...just very little of why I like Gabriel Allon.

Daniel Silva’s books are always hard to put down, and this one was no exception. The book starts with a Russian intelligence officer being coerced into being an informant for Israel and the West, code name Heathcliff. When Heathcliff passes some intelligence that will make it apparent to the Russians that he’s passing secrets he needs to be extracted and given asylum. The Israelis will handle the exfiltration operation as they recruited him, and the British will give him asylum as they were a prime beneficiary of the information he passed on. It should be a simple operation, but a Russian assassin gets to the defector first and kills him. There is a mole somewhere in Israeli or British Intelligence giving information to the Russians – this is how they knew when and where the operation would take place. Not only have the Russians killed the asset, but they’ve cleverly found a way to cast suspicion on Gabriel Allon, the head of Israeli Intelligence, for the murder. This starts a series of events that links the present to a spy scandal from the 1950s.Gabriel Allon and his team set out to uncover the identity of the mole and the twists and turns getting to the solution are fascinating. In addition to being a great spy story, the interplay and relationships between the familiar players from all 18 books in the Gabriel Allon series is fascinating as always. In this book one of Gabriel’s best professional relationships falls victim to events.Because Daniel Silva books are always so tied to current events, they seem to be both fiction and non-fiction simultaneously. They always leave me feeling both very worried and yet somewhat hopeful. They’re also the only books where my first thought upon finishing is that I want to reread the book to catch anything I may have missed the first time. If you’re a newcomer to the series, this can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend starting from the first book of the series (The Kill Artist) and working forward. You’ll get to know and love the series regulars and see them evolve. This is another great book in a great series. This review is based on a complimentary pre-release copy, but that said, I liked the book so much that I purchased an ebook copy to keep in my library and reread – in fact I’m doing that right now! :D

After a couple of very weak books, Daniel Silva is trying to bring Gabriel Allon back to the wonderful level reached in Moscow Rules. Unfortunately the plot is not as captivating and you understand who's the mole quite early on. One thing was properly conveyed: the inferiority of the Western World to Russia's spygame.

The birth of a dangerous memoir. A love story from years ago. A child taken from a woman in treason's name. KGB. A dangerous man stays at the edge of ultimate power. There is only one man that can uncover the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, now chief if Israel'd Secret Service. His knowledge of Russian methods will help discover what is being planned and he will prevent the breaking up of postwar order. Very talented writer that can bring to his pages a grand mix between some of the famous spies of the thriller literature. As usual I hope his next book will come out soon.

A good book but nothing new. Silva is a talented story teller and I read all his books. In this instance I did not feel the kick I felt in Moscow Rules for example. And Gabriel is aging and I don’t like he has a family and a wife and all this background. His ascension to the role of boss doesn’t feel right. Gabriel is a street spy and a killer not a bureaucrat. He lost his edge in this book. He is gradually becoming the next Shamron..

Another summer, yet another Gabriel Allon story. Formulaic, but I enjoy the formula and so read them all. This is not one of the best, largely because the idenitity of the 'mole' is obvious from early on. And their motivation is the most ridiculous I've ever come across in the hundreds of spy novels I've read. Come on Daniel, think about the basics like characters being believable and (within the confines of the genre) realistically drawn.

Daniel Silva's Allon series are all excellent and absolutely riveting and difficult to put down. This book is no exception.I am sure Mossad are inundated with "job requests" every time a new book is released. I cannot wait for the next one...