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Violence
A lot
Moderate-to-strong violence — a bombing; an assassin's methodology; confrontations
Language
Some
Mild-to-moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The bomber — who hired him; why a princess; the IRA's real relationship to the attack
What this book is about
A British royal is killed in a bombing that looks like the IRA but isn't. Gabriel Allon is recruited by British intelligence to find the real bomber — a former IRA operative who has gone rogue and is selling his skills to the highest bidder. The English Spy is the fifteenth Gabriel Allon novel — the most Celtic-flavored, with Irish Republican history as backdrop.
Notes for sensitive readers
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A British princess killed by a bomb
An IRA-connected assassin gone freelance
Fifteenth in the Gabriel Allon series
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