The New Girl: A Novel (Gabriel Allon)

At an exclusive private school in switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the haute-savoie region of france, gabriel allon, the legendary chief of israeli intelligence, is thrust into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the middle east -- and perhaps the world . . . At an exclusive private school in switzerland, a beautiful girl arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. Rumors fly as to who she is, but she is the daughter of khalid bin mohammed, the much-maligned crown prince of saudi arabia. When she is brutally kidnapped, he turns to the one man he can trust: gabriel allon, the legendary chief of israeli intelligence. Together they become unlikely allies in a deadly secret war for control of the middle east. -- adapted from jacket daniel silva.

Publisher: Harper