Daniel Silva: The other Woman, 9780008280932, Harper Collins, Trade Paperback

Those following my blog know I rate Daniel Silva as one of the very best espionage thriller writers in the trade.

But for some reason his latest novel “The other Woman” did not grab me as much as his previous two had, “Black Widow”  and ” House of Spies”  they are brilliant ! Maybe it is the same old story, Kremlin bad guys against Israel and the rest of the somewhat corrupt but ultimately ethically correct Western world that made me  feel  this is a little tired and has been done before. The story about a mole inside the highest English or American Intelligence echelons is not so novel either. The mysterious Frenchwoman living in Andalusia and her connection to a past lover felt equally constructed. 

The book has all the brilliance of Daniel Silva’s writing, it is a good escapist espionage thriller no doubt but not his best, I am somewhat disappointed, only a three star rating from me this time .