Jack Q. (AlabamaJack) reviewed on 1/7/2007 + 170 more book reviews

A DEATH IN VIENNA by Daniel Silva In book 4 of this series, chief investigator Eli Lavon is almost killed in a bombing at the Austrian Wartime Claims and Inquiries office. Art restorer and undercover Mossad agent Gabriel Allon is ordered by Israeli spymaster Ari Shamron to ferret out the perpetrator. Allon is reluctant - he's working as an art restorer on one of Bellini's great altarpieces in Venice - but Eli is an old friend from the secret service, and duty calls. Sturmbannführer Erich Radek's job was to erase all evidence of the Holocaust during the final days of World War II and is now known as Ludwig Vogel, chairman of the Danube Valley Trade and Investment Corporation and lives quietly in Vienna. Allon discovers that his own mother was almost one of Radeks victims during her time in the camps. As with the previous efforts, this one is not only entertaining but also thought provoking, addressing issues some might wish to leave covered over.

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