A Death in Cornwall (UK Edition)

Acclaimed internationally bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the year’s most anticipated new thriller.

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve…

Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary.

The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford who spends her weekends in the same seaside village where Gabriel once lived under an assumed identity. Her murder appears to be the work of a diabolical serial killer who has been terrorizing the Cornish countryside. But there are a number of telltale inconsistencies, including a missing mobile phone. And then there is the mysterious three-letter cypher she left behind on a notepad in her study.

Gabriel soon discovers that Professor Blake was searching for a looted Picasso worth more than a $100 million, and he takes up the chase for the painting as only he can – with six Impressionist canvases forged by his own hand and an unlikely team of operatives that includes a world-famous violinist, a beautiful master thief, and a lethal contract killer turned British spy. The result is a stylish and wildly entertaining mystery that moves at lightning speed from the cliffs of Cornwall to the enchanted island of Corsica and, finally, to a breathtaking climax on the very doorstep of 10 Downing Street.

Supremely elegant and suspenseful, A Death in Cornwall is Daniel Silva at his best – a dazzling tale of murder, power, and insatiable greed that will hold readers spellbound until they turn the final page.

About the Author

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of 23 novels, including The Unlikely Spy, The Messenger, The Rembrandt Affair, The English Girl and The Black Widow. His books are published in more than 30 countries and are bestsellers around the world. He lives in Florida with his wife, CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children.

Praise for the Gabriel Allon Series

"Allon is the 21st century Bond" —Daily Mail

"A world-class practitioner of spy fiction" —Washington Post

"Allon… must be the most famous superspy not played by Daniel Craig" —Daily Telegraph

"[A] top-notch thriller by a writer with the inside track on spying" —The Sun

"A tense, thrilling adventure" —Huffington Post

Dimensions: 15.3 x 3 x 23.4 cm