The Cellist: A Novel (Gabriel Allon, 21)

ISBN: 0062835092

Author: Silva, Daniel

Condition: New

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe pace of The Cellist never slackens as its action volleys from Zurich to Tel Aviv to Paris and beyond. Mr. Silva tells his story with zest, wit and superb timing, and he engineers enough surprises to startle even the most attentive reader. -Wall Street JournalViktor Orlov had a long-standing appointment with death. Once Russias richest man, he now resides in exile in London, where he is waging a crusade against the kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin. His mansion is protected by armed bodyguards. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russias vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlovs name off his kill list.Before him was the receiver from his landline telephone, a half-drunk glass of red wine, and a stack of documents.The documents are contaminated with a deadly nerve agent. The Metropolitan Police determine that they were delivered by one of Orlovs employees, a prominent investigative reporter. And when the reporter vanishes hours after the killing, MI6 concludes she is a Moscow Center assassin who penetrated the billionaires formidable defenses. But Gabriel Allon believes his friends in British intelligence are dangerously mistaken. His search for the truth will take him to Geneva, where a private intelligence service is plotting an act of violence that will plunge an already divided America into chaos. Only Allon, with the help of a brilliant young woman employed by the worlds dirtiest bank, can stop it.