With a mind to kill : a James Bond novel

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Title:

With a mind to kill : a James Bond novel

Author:

Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.

Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964, creator.

Series:

James Bond ;

Series Number:

49.

Summary:

It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and who is now in custody, accused of M's murder - James Bond. Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives? In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Based on characters created by Ian Fleming.

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Jonathan Cape" -- Title page verso.

Goodreads lists this title as #49 in the "extended" James Bond series. The list is in order by publication date, and does not follow a chronological sequence for story lines.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 24 cm

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Spy fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Corporate Subject:

Great Britain. MI6 -- Fiction.

Subject Term:

Bond, James (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Intelligence service -- Fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964,

Publisher:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9780063078413

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Call Number:

HOROWITZ

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

"It's almost uncanny how well Mr. Horowitz summons Bond's mindset . . . Yet this Bond also feels the winds of change: 'He had his licence to kill. But was it possible that in this new, more questioning age, that licence might have expired?' A drop of retro pleasures, a pinch of things to come; shaken, not stirred." -- Wall Street Journal

Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's third James Bond novel, after Forever and a Day.

It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and who is now in custody, accused of M's murder--James Bond.

Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den--but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives?

In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Horowitz's solid third James Bond novel (after 2018's Forever and a Day) picks up after the final Ian Fleming novel, The Man with the Golden Gun, in which the Russians captured Bond, brainwashed him, and programmed him to kill M, the head of the British secret service. The British stage M's funeral and imprison Bond to fool the Russians into believing Bond succeeded in the assassination as part of a plot to get 007 into Russia to discover what its intelligence organizations are planning. The Russians oblige by snatching Bond from police custody and sending him to Leningrad, where he falls under the "care" of Colonel Boris, a mind control expert, and Katya Leonova, an icy, Communist technocrat. The Russians have a high-profile mission for Bond, which leads to a genuinely thrilling climax, though readers should be prepared for a somewhat predictable plot and an abrupt ending. Horowitz displays a thorough knowledge of Bondean tropes, captures the dreariness of Khrushchev-era Russia, and deepens 007 by allowing him a certain ambiguity about his profession. This heartfelt homage is sure to please fans of the original Bond books. Agent: Jonathan Lloyd, Curtis Brown (U.K.). (May)