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#springskies #involvesart This is the 2nd Gabriel Allon book I have read.It is a fast paced,complex thriller,that is impeccably researched.Allon is an art restorer & and reluctant Mossad agent/assassin,who is painstakingly restoring a Bellini painting in a Catholic Church in Venice.There is a plot to assassinate the current Pope from within the Vatican because of his plans to heal the breach between Catholics & the Jews. 🔽

#marvelousmarch #serieslove2024
Read some wonderful books but by far the intense,heartbreaking,generational “survivor” story, The Postcard, is a stand out on its own- 5 ++++ Stars. The other 4 books are part of a series, or as in Murder in Westminster,the first in a planned for series.

#12 of 2023. Gabriel Allon No. 3! Lots of travel slowed me down again! 😆
Started: 4/7/23
Finished: 4/20/23
14 Days

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The tagged book was very much about what the pope knew. And here we go:

Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust
The Vatican has long maintained that Pope Pius XII did everything he could to save Jewish lives, but newly unearthed papers have renewed accusations of complicit silence against him.

Read in NPR: https://apple.news/ANpQ-zbyFSo2Id0JjtDw3Uw

An artwork restorer is called back to his “real job”: to hunt down the killer of his Jewish friend, who was writing a book to expose the Catholic church‘s conduct during WWII. With the help of allies of both religions, he must evade killers who want the church‘s secret to stay secret. Non-stop action with brilliant twists, this is an excellent thriller. Kudos to the narrator, who deftly handled various accents. #readingeurope2020 #VaticanCity

Finished the tagged book while audiopuzzling today. Great book recommended by @Kammbia1 Review to come.

Audio-puzzling this morning.

Quite good news for me today while listening to this audiobook, I learned it will work for my #readingeurope2020 challenge for #VaticanCity. I already had a book picked out, but that‘s ok, this one is so good so far!

Audio gardening to the tagged book tonight. This is before and after. Just need a couple more hours to finish cleaning up this bed. These plants take a beating through winter and spring storms. It‘s very therapeutic cleaning them up. Book is a #blameitonlitsy thanks to @Kammbia1 I‘m a little over an hour into it and it‘s really good.

I liked the first two Allon books, but I loved this one. Can‘t wait to continue with the series. Allon‘s friend has been writing a book revealing secrets about the Vatican and its role in WW2 and the church is willing to take extreme measures to maintain its secrecy. Found the the fictional Pope Paul VII to be such a full character. The historical facts in the afterward made it even more powerful.

A friend got me hooked on this Gabriel Allon series and I have been enjoying them thus far.

Loved it. Wish I knew about this series before. Have a lot of reading to do to catch up. Highly recommend this series.

Excellent read...true to the spy tradition that DS has created. Waiting to see if these book a movie series.

My favourite in the series so far 👍🏻 Brilliant thriller. I also love that you geographically end up in so many places in these books. Have to check how many more I‘ve still got on the piles - I think maybe 3!

#hoax #quotsyapril18
I‘d given up on this for the day and up this popped in my current read 😁 This is the best of the series so far!

One reason I‘m glad I was late to arrive on the Gabriel Allon train, there are many left to read.This one was fast paced and sophisticated,the ever changing foreign locations deepen the intrigue.Though a work of fiction ,it makes one think about the Vatican and its reaction or lack of it ,to the Holocaust.Nicely played , Daniel Silva.

Still working through Silvia's Gabriel Allon backlist!

I thought this one was a particularly strong episode with a great twist at the end!!! (Teaser, but no spoilers!!)

#LibraryHaul

Got these goodies today. Can't wait to continue my binge of the early Gabriel Allon books!

Another great Gabriel Allon book! Not as enthralling for me as the others I read so far- maybe because the subject of the Catholic Church was a little less relatable for me - but still had me gasping out loud on the train every day!

Love this series featuring Gabriel Allon. He's an Israeli agent and also an art restorer. Plots are great and character development fabulous...flaws and all. This is one in the series.