The Other Woman, Silva - C

                             The latest Gabriel Allon book has all the things that make this series as welcome as an old friend. There is intrigue, spycraft, fabulous European locations, the usual cast of delightful Israeli operatives and fascinating insights into pieces of the past. But, I fear the author has jumped the shark with the key character the unknown and illegitimate child of a member of the Cambridge Five, alive and well-placed at the upper echelons of a western intelligence service.