Sběratel – Silva Daniel (2024)

In a new thrilling thriller by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon embarks on a quest for a stolen Vermeer masterpiece and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. ********** At first, it seemed like an "ordinary" robbery and murder. However, when a decades-long sought-after painting by Vincent van Gogh was found at the crime scene – in the luxurious villa of a South African shipping magnate in Amalfi, Italy – along with indirect evidence that an even rarer painting had been there, it was time for Gabriel Allon. The legendary former head of the Israeli secret service lives in seclusion in Venice, where he restores paintings, but he accepts an offer to verify the authenticity of the discovered painting and to find out what other painting had been there. The question is not who stole Vermeer’s Concert thirty years ago, but who has taken it now. And especially why. With the help of a very unlikely ally, a beautiful Danish computer hacker and professional thief, Gabriel soon discovers that there is a conspiracy behind it all, which could ultimately threaten the entire world and plunge it into the cataclysm of nuclear war. That the trails lead all the way to the highest echelons of the Russian government, leading a criminal...