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The Cellist

By: Daniel Silva
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva, the number one New York Times best-selling author, comes an explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.

The most beautiful music hides the deadliest secrets....

Viktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia's 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, Russia's vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov's 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 Orlov's 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 billionaire's 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 world's dirtiest bank, can stop it....

Praise for Daniel Silva:

"Fascinating, suspenseful and bated-breath exciting." (Publishers Weekly)

"One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known." (CrimeReads)

"Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better." (Huffington Post)

"If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon." (Australian Women's Weekly)

©2021 Daniel Silva (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
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A thrilling and topical tale ,that I suspect is much more factual than fictional
Silva has this amazing writing ability and imagination to bring his characters to life so we can easily relate to them ,and he does so mixed together with that dry and witty humour spread throughout

A most enjoyable presentation , I listened to it twice so as to be sure I didn’t miss anything the first time

Daniel Silva does it again

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Daniel Silva never lets you down! This is one of the best Gabriel Allon stories yet. A web of espionage and political retribution sees Gabriel and his usual stable of agents plot against the wealth and power of Russian oligarchs and political heavyweights. Great read!

Brilliant as always!

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i love these Daniel Silva books and so does my husband. Entertaining and enlightening. Thanks Daniel. Please keep them coming. Very happy for you to go back chronologically and fill in some gaps.

another great story

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I wish the author realized people read fiction for an escape. The last few chapters of the book got so political, it was painful. In the acknowledgements at the end of the story, the author choose to use it as an opportunity to give a long lecture on his political views. After the year we just went through, really? I felt a bit ambushed as I was listening in my car. It really bothers me to have to listen to his take on the events of the past year. I listen to fiction to escape, and listening to that made me question his writing this story. It has been an exhausting year of biased reporting, news you can’t trust & feeling like everyone has an agenda. For the love of god, please stick to writing a good story & spare us the rest. So disappointing!

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loved the clever storyline that was reasonably sophisticated. the characters were richly presented and the punchline solid. I learnt a lot about dirty banks and Russian politics .
the only thing I didn't like was the shameless namedropping of brands who had bought advertising the book. After the 5th time I heard BMW X5, in a few lines, i was over it. I get you have to sell sponsorship and everyone does it, but don't be crass with it

A clever spy thriller with greed and politics

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