Daniel Silva · 2008 · thriller

Daniel Silva's 2008 novel. When a journalist is murdered in Rome, art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon uncovers a Russian oligarch, Ivan Kharkov, secretly selling advanced weapons to al-Qaeda. The hunt draws Allon from Rome to Kharkov's glittering villa on the Cote d'Azur and at last into the heart of a resurgent, ruthless Moscow, racing to learn the time and place of the delivery.

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   Rome

   In Rome, a Russian journalist dies moments before he can pass Gabriel Allon a warning, and the murder opens a trail to Ivan Kharkov - a former KGB man turned oligarch, and a dealer in Russia's deadliest weapons.

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   Cote d'Azur

   Allon's pursuit carries him to the sun-drenched French Riviera, where Kharkov keeps a fortified villa, a yacht, and a beautiful wife - the one crack in the oligarch's armour that the Israelis mean to exploit.

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   Moscow

   At last Allon must go into Moscow itself, a city where the old KGB rules once more and dissent means death, to learn where and when Kharkov's missiles will be handed to the terrorists - before it is too late.