Trigger Mortis contains all the adrenaline you'd expect from a Bond novel with bags of humour, international jet-setting and a compelling cast of inventively named characters. ( MAIL ON SUNDAY)įleming fans certainly won't be disappointed. Set two weeks after the end of the novel Goldfinger in 1957, it has a superb plot based around the early space race and features the return of the best Bond girl of them all, Pussy Galore. The book is the best Bond movie you'll ever see without actually having to see the movie. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Ī humdinger of a Bond story, so cunningly crafted and thrillingly placed that OO7's creator would have been happy to own it. This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.
TRIGGER MORTIS is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material. Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Thrown together with American agent, Jeopardy Lane, Bond uncovers a plan that will bring the West to its knees in a heart-stopping climax. Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race with implications that could change the world.
But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end.
It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. leaves you wanting more, and for serious Bond junkies is the next fix in a long tale of addiction.Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. He's just as faithfully suave as in the original novels.' - Daily Express '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. Horowitz has done splendidly.' - Scotsman The denouement is a very fine piece of action writing. This New Bond is up there with the better Old Bonds. 'Horowitz is a worthy successor to Ian Fleming, putting 007 back in his true domain. the story rips along with plenty of familiar Bond staples: evil villains, fast cars and women falling for young Bond's charms. The expert in suspense takes us back to the beginning of James Bond's story. 'The super spy is back, with a fresh injection from novelist and screenwriter extraordinaire, Anthony Horowitz.
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