<b>The super spy is back, with a fresh injection</b> <b>from novelist and screenwriter extraordinaire, Anthony Horowitz.</b> The <b>expert in suspense</b> takes us back to the beginning of James Bond’s story… <b>the story rips along</b> with plenty of familiar Bond staples: evil villains, fast cars and women falling for young Bond’s charms. <b>Ian Fleming would be proud</b>.
Guardian
Horowitz is <b>a worthy successor to Ian Fleming, putting 007 back in his true domain</b>… This New Bond is <b>up there with the better Old Bonds</b>… The denouement is<b> a very fine piece of action writing</b>… Horowitz has done <b>splendidly</b>.
Scotsman
Straight away Horowitz is able to capture Fleming’s flowing style and intricate details from how Bond likes his eggs in the morning to the cars he drives... He’s <b>just as faithfully suave as in the original novels</b>.
Daily Express
A novel that <b>feels very like a film</b>… <b>fast-paced, skilfully written</b>… <b>leaves you wanting more</b>, and for serious Bond junkies [it] is the next fix in a long tale of addiction.
The Times
<b>Even better than </b><i><b>Trigger Mortis</b>… </i>it is <b>tremendous fun</b>. Anthony Horowitz has the discipline and skill of <b>a first-class action writer.</b>
Sunday Express
<b>Exciting high drama</b>… Horowitz stays <b>loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula</b>. And for that <b>he surely deserves another mission </b>guiding the fortunes of <b>the world’s favourite superspy</b>.
Daily Express
[Horowitz's Bond] is once again in safe hands, not departing much from <b>Fleming’s entertaining formula</b>... Horowitz’s light touch and smooth plotting create something close to <b>the ideal holiday read.</b>
Irish Examiner
Anthony Horowitz writes <b>Bond in the style of Fleming</b>... <b>Total brain candy in the best possible fashion.</b>
- Rick O'Shea, RTE Guide
Anthony Horowitz's second James Bond book <b>will keep 007 obsessives happy</b> with martinis, beautiful women and an enormously fat Corsican gangster.
The Times *Best New Novels*
Horowitz shows that he knows the Fleming books backwards, offering plot twists that are homages to the master's novels. This nicely imagined book... is <b>an amusing and thought-provoking addition to the post-Fleming bond canon.</b>
The Times *Audiobook of the Week*
Every legend has an origin. This is Bond’s.
A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand.
Determined to uncover the truth, James Bond enters a world of fast cars, grand casinos and luxury yachts. But beneath the glamour, he soon encounters a dangerous network of organised crime.
It’s time for Bond to earn his licence to kill. He must find those responsible and unravel their devastating plan – before he becomes their next victim...
Discover the exhilarating prequel to Casino Royale.
‘Exciting … 007 is back’ Daily Express
‘Evil villains, fast cars … and the story rips along’ Guardian
‘Tremendous fun … A first-class action writer’ Sunday Express
*THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
James Bond is back in this explosive cinematic thriller.
A spy is dead.
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Biografisk notat
Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has written two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk and Moriarty; three James Bond novels, Trigger Mortis, Forever and a Day and With a Mind to Kill; the acclaimed bestselling mystery novels Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders and Marble Hall Murders; and the Detective Hawthorne novels, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, A Line To Kill, The Twist of a Knife and Close to Death.
He is also the author of the teen spy Alex Rider series, and responsible for creating and writing some of the UK’s most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.