Daniel Silva was ready to let Gabriel Allon retire — but global headlines inspired him to bring the famed spy books back
Topping the best seller list more often than the Bible. 1 on the list — his 26th book in the Gabriel Allon series, “Ransom” — is about a Middle East agent art specialist ex spy who always nails the fink and whose wife seems never to grow older or less gorgeous, unlike the rest of us.
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Topping the best seller list more often than the Bible. 1 on the list — his 26th book in the Gabriel Allon series, “Ransom” — is about a Middle East agent art specialist ex spy who always nails the fink and whose wife seems never to grow older or less gorgeous, unlike the rest of us. Silva: “I once let my lead character retire from his Israeli secret service connection, but inspiration came from that Copenhagen Airport drone incident last year. European leaders, scheduled days later for a meeting, grabbed drones, signal jammers, whatever signal they could to protect them.
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- Topping the best seller list more often than the Bible. 1 on the list — his 26th book in the Gabriel Allon series, “Ransom” — is about a Middle East agent art specialist ex spy who always nails the fink and whose wife seems never to grow older or less gorgeous, unlike the rest of us.
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Daniel Silva was ready to let Gabriel Allon retire — but global headlines inspired him to bring the famed spy books back
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