2012 "First Edition" stated; Harper Collins publishers; New York; hardbound with federal blue and black boards and gilt lettering along spine; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
The Fallen Angel is a 2012 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the twelfth in Gabriel Allon series.
 
Plot -
Unlike recent titles in the series, this book is set primarily in Italy as Allon helps the Pope's private secretary, Monsignor Luigi Donati with a case that is troubling The Vatican. The conclusion takes place in Jerusalem.
 
After narrowly surviving his last operation, Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, has taken refuge behind the walls of the Vatican, where he is restoring one of Caravaggio's greatest masterpieces.  But early one morning he is summoned to St. Peter's Basilica by Monsignor Luigi Donati, the all-powerful private secretary to His Holiness Pope Paul VII.  The body of a beautiful woman...