Oh how I love Gabriel. Even when he's tried to retire from the spy business after the trauma in Russia, his good friend Julian draws him back. Is there,indeed, a lost Rembrandt? Does she hold Nazi secrets? OF COURSE!!

I read a scathing review of the book on goodreads, and the reviewer listed plot points that are similar in all the books...and inadvertly he listed the quest pattern -- the hero is called, he resists the call, he accepts, he has companions....it's all there!

I liked this one because it takes Gabriel back to his artist's roots...the bad guys here are just as scary: Dutch collaborators and Swiss collaborators in WWII, Iran and its nuclear program.

I appreciate how Silva keeps his books rooted in the present...there's a new American president, and Isreal doesn't much like him. Go figure.

Everything you need from a Silva book: History, suspense, last-minute rescues, and Gabriel.