Have now finished reading Moscow Rules and I thorougly enjoyed it! I agree with another persons comment in another thread that the writing is becoming prescriptive, however, that said - it is always such a pleasure to find a book that keeps you wanting to turn the next page :-)

I was a bit confused at the end of the book as something happened around 273 that made me think...ohhh! wait for it - someone is being deceived...but what I was thinking never happened. It is the part where Elena is telling Gabriel about the quiet lunch she had with Olga Sukhova so she could tell the world about Ivan's 'arrows'. I was thinking to myself that there could have been no way Ivan would not have known about her lunch with Olga. Elena couldn't go anywhere without her bodyguards and without Ivan knowing her every move - she even needed to make out she was having an affair to get away and see Gabriel. How then could she have lunch with the famous Olga, who is linked with Boris Ostrovsky and Aleksandr Lubin and Ivan still not figure out where the leak came from???? I though there was going to be ANOTHER twist at the end and was kinda disappointed when it never happened. Daniel Silva is usually such a careful writer and this section is a complete contrast to the rest of the book.

I would be interested to hear other ppls POV on the issue if it is something that they noticed and were puzzled by as well.

I was somewhat disappointed in the last book of the Gabriel Allon series but how could it possibly meet my unrealistic expectations? After his previous spellbinding novels, perhaps Silva was exhausted with his intent to satisfy his readers!

I enjoyed this book a great deal. I think mainly because because Gabriel was put in a totally different environment. I love where Gabriel commented that he rather fight terrorists than to face the Russian FSB. He seemed more vulnerable in this novel than others.