num_pages: 352
description: Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.Allon is recovering from a grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when a figure from his past arrives in Jerusalem. Monsignor Luigi Donati is the private secretary to His Holiness Pope Paul VII, and a man as ruthless as he is intelligent. Now, however, he has come to seek Allon's help. A young Swiss guard has been found dead in St. Peter's Basilica, and although Donati has allowed the official inquiry to determine that it is suicide, his instinct tells him that it is murder-and that his master is in grave danger. He has trusted Allon in the past, and he is the only man he trusts now.Allon reluctantly agrees to get involved, but once he begins to investigate he concludes that Donati has every right to be concerned, as, following the trail from the heart of the Vatican to the valleys of Switzerland and beyond, he slowly unravels a conspiracy of lies and deception. An extraordinary enemy walks among them, with but one goal: the most spectacular assassination ever attempted.
language: English
title: The Messenger
titlecomplete: The Messenger (Gabriel Allon, #6)
characters: Mikhail Abramov, Chiara Zolli Allon, Pietro Lucchesi, Uzi Navot, Hannah Weinberg, Zizi al-Bakari, Ari Shamron, Ibrahim el-Banna, Ali Massoudi, Andrew Malone, Martino Bellano, Ahmed bin Shafiq, Erich Müller, Sarah Bancroft, Julian Isherwood, Luigi Donati, Adrian Carter, Wazir bin Talal, Gabriel Allon
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Crime, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Action
ratings_count: 28793
series: Gabriel Allon
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Thriller, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: ITW Thriller Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons