Prompted by his daughter, Hannah, he digs deeper, unearthing a dark secret that binds three couples together. This spectacular series launch from bestseller Horowitz (Magpie Murders), a scrupulously fair whodunit, features a fictionalized version of himself. He is then sent to Jamaica to take down the Cuban assassin known as “Pistols” Scaramanga, which he manages to pull off. This is set a couple of weeks after Fleming’s “Man with the Golder Gun”, Bond is recovering from brainwashing and an intense ordeal, and he is very much a damaged man.

This web site is in no way associated with Ian Fleming Publications, Eon Productions, Danjaq LLC, Sony, MGM or United Artists. Thus, they stage a fake state funeral for the head of His Majesty’s Secret Service and that is how this novel officially opens. Once in Moscow he tours museums and historical sites as Katya schools him on all things Russian, all the while each of them are getting to know the other a little bit better. The challenge for me whenever I read a James Bond novel is, in my mind’s eye, which version of James Bond do I see?At one point on the ride, he actually saves her from two attackers, something he will later realize was a ruse to test his loyalty. This can be an effective storytelling device, but in this case, waiting for the private investigator heroine to get to where the reader is at the beginning of the story feels interminable.

A third outing for Anthony Horowitz taking on the mantle of Ian Fleming and delivering a credible and all immersing Cold War thriller. Investigating a suspicious suicide in a tightly knit community, Bain wants to close the case and go home. To this end, they stage a fake state funeral for the head of His Majesty’s Secret Service, and this is how the book opens.Bain often sees his position as not just a job; but his raison d'être; meaning that his journey is often an emotional and painful one as the personal and professional universes collide. It becomes clear that he is a pawn in a Cold War chess game that could change the course of history. Colonel Boris knows this could not be possible if Bond was still their brainwashed operative in London on mission to assassinate M. You realise that this Bond is a very good 00 agent and does the job so well because he likes and enjoys the job. We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).