Ransom
Ransom is book 26 in the Gabriel Allon spy thriller series by Daniel Silva. This time, Gabriel is pulled back from his “normal” life into secret spy work after Edward Knight, a wealthy British real estate baron, asks him to find his missing wife. Alice Winter seems to have everything in life. A Knightsbridge home, a gorgeous estate in Devon, and millions of followers online. So what secrets can a person with such a seemingly open life have?
But Alice disappears while on holiday with three old friends from Cambridge, and while investigating her, Gabriel learns that she does have a secret life, one she has kept from the world. Edward has his own secrets as well, and one of them is enough to drag Gabriel back into the life he thought he had left behind. And in the shadows, there is an enemy who wants revenge.
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Alice Winter, one of Britain’s most dazzling socialites, seemingly has the perfect life—a lavish home in posh Knightsbridge, a grand estate in Devon, millions of followers on social media who eagerly await her next post. But when she disappears without a trace while on holiday with three old friends from Cambridge, her desperate husband, the real estate baron Edward Knight, turns to none other than Gabriel Allon to find her.
He soon discovers that Alice Winter is not the woman she appears to be, that she has a reckless side, that she has secrets. But Edward Knight has a secret too, a secret so dangerous that Gabriel will have no choice but to return to the life he thought he had left behind. An old enemy lurks there, waiting for him to make one misstep, waiting for the perfect moment to exact vengeance.
From its irresistible opening chapters to its heart-pounding climax and shocking final twist, Ransom is a riveting, page-turning tour de force that proves yet again why Daniel Silva is the reigning master of international intrigue and suspense.
