Book Review: ‘An Inside Job’ by Daniel Silva

Book Title: An Inside Job
Author: Daniel Silva
Publisher: HarperCollins
Number of Pages: 416
ISBN: 978-0008729004
Date Published: Jul. 17, 2025
Price: INR 317

Book Review

“An Inside Job” by Daniel Silva is a thrilling and engaging novel in the Gabriel Allon series, featuring a mix of elegance, danger, moral complexity, Vatican intrigue, and a central character named Leonardo da Vinci. The protagonist, Gabriel Allon, discovers a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting beneath a painting and decides to investigate further when the police ask him to help create a portrait of the corpse. The trail leads up to the Vatican, where Gabriel faces corruption and personal stakes.

After Gabriel Allon resigned from the Mossad, he returned to his favourite activity of restoring paintings. He finds a floating body in Venice, which turns out to be a restorer of art who used to work at the art department of the Vatican. Questions lead Gabriel to an unknown Leonardo da Vinci painting whose role in a financial scandal concerning the Vatican might become a disaster for the church.

The pacing is razor-sharp, with only a brief lull in the middle where Daniel lets the investigation breathe a little too much. Gabriel’s personal life and professional obligations keep colliding, making him as human and compelling as ever. Author Daniel’s prose is back in its element, and his foray outside the sphere of Israel’s political sphere reads smoothly and without withdrawal symptoms.

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It is a polished, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable chapter in the Gabriel Allon saga. The plot is there, as are the action sequences and unexpected twists, and once you enter the final pages, you know you will only stop at the end. “An Inside Job” is an excellent thriller concerning the art world, offering a blend of spying, the financial world, and the art world.

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