The arrival of a new Daniel Silva novel is something that I look forward to every year. Every once in awhile I’m disappointed, but I remain undeterred because when Silva is good, he’s very good.

Plot Summary: Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world’s most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.