The Kill Artist
Ratings15
Average rating3.8
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.8
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman comes the first novel in the thrilling series featuring legendary assassin Gabriel Allon. Immersed in the quiet, meticulous life of an art restorer, former Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon keeps his past well behind him. But now he is being called back into the game—and teamed with an agent who hides behind her own mask...as a beautiful fashion model. Their target: a cunning terrorist on one last killing spree, a Palestinian zealot who played a dark part in Gabriel’s past. And what begins as a manhunt turns into a globe-spanning duel fueled by both political intrigue and deep personal passions...
Series
23 primary booksGabriel Allon is a 23-book series with 23 primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by Daniel Silva.
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The Kill Artist introduces us to Gabriel Allon, a renowned art restorer and spy/assassin who is pulled out of retirement to track down the dangerous Palestinian agent known as Tariq. A threat to derail peace talks between the Israeli Prime Minister and Arafat after assassinating the Israeli ambassador in Paris, and who also killed his son and wife.
I found this book to be difficult to get interested in because of its genre. It was difficult to follow the plot in the first section because of the rapid change of characters and settings. You never felt like you were getting to know anyone or that anything resembling a story had begun. As the story moved forward, I became annoyed by some clichés. But the book takes an even-handed look at the situation in the Middle East and addresses both sides' victimization claims. The book complicates the distinction between good guys and bad guys in history and politics. This is even though there were clearly good guys and bad guys among its characters.
Although the book was above average in that regard, I didn't find it to be noteworthy.
