Monday’s Musings on a Mystery

November 28, 2012

For the November meeting, the Monday Mystery Book Club read Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva. This book is #8 in the Gabriel Allon Mysteries. Gabriel is an art restorer who was taken into the Israeli secret service and trained as an assassin.

By this book, Gabriel is trying to get away from that life. He’s married and simply wants to work as an art restorer. But when someone knows that something big is going down and will only talk to Gabriel, life gets complicated. One simple assignment to hear what the guy has to say turns to murder and to Gabriel being up to his neck in trouble with the Russians. This particular book is not the best place to meet Mr. Allon, it’s a bit busy. The series itself is worth trying, but start at the beginning.

Gabriel Allon Series:
1. The Kill Artist (2000)
2. The English Assassin (2002)
3. The Confessor (2003)
4. A Death in Vienna (2004)
5. Prince of Fire (2005)
6. The Messenger (2006)
7. The Secret Servant (2007)
8. Moscow Rules (2008)
9. The Defector (2009)
10. The Rembrandt Affair (2010)
11. Portrait of a Spy (2011)
12. The Fallen Angel (2012)

On Dec. 10th we will be discussing The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd. Books for the current month’s selection can be picked up at the Blue Ridge Branch.

Michelle L.
Blue Ridge Branch