Gabriel Allon · Book 22
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
- Published
- 19 July 2022
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9780008280734
- Type
- novel

About this book
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (July 2022), the 22nd entry at 448 pages, followed The Cellist. Art-world forgery is central to the plot, continuing the series' long-running use of Gabriel Allon's restoration expertise as more than just a character trait.
Its place in Gabriel Allon
Portrait of an Unknown Woman is book 22 in the Gabriel Allon series. It follows The Cellist. It is followed by The Collector. See the full Gabriel Allon reading order.
Gabriel Allon is an Israeli intelligence officer and the finest art restorer of his generation, a man who spends his days coaxing Old Masters back to life and his other life eliminating threats to Israel and the West. Daniel Silva builds each novel around a real-world flashpoint — Palestinian terrorism, Russian disinformation, Vatican secrets, art-world forgery and theft, the war in Ukraine, the rise of the far right in Europe — and drops Allon into it as a reluctant, weary operator who would rather be restoring…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008620127
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008280734