The Collector by Daniel Silva 402 pp.
Daniel Silva masterfully continues the series that takes storylines from the headlines and turns them into all too plausible plots in my favorite series. Gabriel Allon, art restorer and former head of Israeli Intelligence has retired from his spy/assassin duties to live a quiet life in Venice with his wife and children, working as an art restorer. At least that's the plan until he ends up involved in the recovery of a priceless Vermeer painting missing for decades. Allon teams up with a beautiful master thief and a Danish oil executive to recover the painting. The team ends up sidetracked in a race to stop the Russians from using a nuclear option against Ukraine. Even though retired, Allon enlists the assistance of his former colleagues of "the Office" so many of the usual characters once again appear in this novel,
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