The Kill Artist
- Published
- 1 January 2000
- Pages
- 433
- ISBN-13
- 9781440607127
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Kill Artist (2000) launches Daniel Silva's series and introduces Gabriel Allon, the Israeli intelligence officer and art restorer who'd rather be coaxing an Old Master back to life than running an operation. At 433 pages, it's the recommended starting point for the full twenty-six-book arc, since the series unfolds in real time with later books referencing earlier ones directly.
Key facts about The Kill Artist
The Kill Artist is a novel by Daniel Silva. Readers have had it since 1 January 2000. It runs to 433 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Kill Artist. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781440607127 to find the main one.
The Kill Artist is book 1 of 26 in the Gabriel Allon series. The series has 26 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Ransom is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 July 2026.
That series sits on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Ransom is the latest published Daniel Silva book on file, from 14 July 2026.
About Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva is an American thriller writer and former journalist whose career gave him the research instincts that define his fiction. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1960, he worked for UPI as a Middle East correspondent in Cairo and the Persian Gulf before becoming an executive producer at CNN, where he met NBC/CNN correspondent Jamie Gangel while both were covering the region; they married in 1987. See every Daniel Silva book in order.
Its place in Gabriel Allon
The Kill Artist is book 1 in the Gabriel Allon series. It is followed by The English Assassin. 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 9780752847856
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781440607127