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Violence
A lot
Moderate-to-strong violence — a terrorist attack; a targeted elimination operation
Language
Some
Mild-to-moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The Provence attack — the ISIS financier behind it; Gabriel as director pursuing the mission personally; the luxury world as cover
What this book is about
After a devastating attack in the south of France, Gabriel Allon — now director-general of the Office — leads a mission to eliminate the ISIS financier responsible. The operation takes him through the luxury world of Provence, Paris, and the Riviera. House of Spies is the seventeenth Gabriel Allon novel — the most Provence-flavored; written in the aftermath of the Bataclan attacks.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A terrorist attack in Provence — echoes of the real Bataclan
Gabriel as Mossad director — a leadership change
Seventeenth in the Gabriel Allon series
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