james bond literary series trigger mortis

No experiments! She's a classic Bond Girl very much like the others in the best possible way. The book jacket tells us Bond Girl Jeopardy Lane is 'a girl like no other Bond has encountered.' No, she isn't. (This idea actually came from Ian Fleming as Trigger Mortis incorporates an unpublished Fleming outline, 'Murder on Wheels'). Bond and auto racing are a natural fit, especially in the dangerous early days of the sport. Placing James Bond into the world of formula 1 auto racing - perfect! It's amazing that no other continuation novelist, or screenwriter for that matter, has thought of this idea. Horowitz's choices are all conceived from and aimed at the gut. In doing this, Horowitz hits the bulls-eye and gives us a James Bond continuation novel that easily stands among the very best (if not the best). Instead, Horowitz delivers a straightforward, furiously entertaining James Bond adventure set comfortably within the world and rules of Ian Fleming's classic 007 (the novel is set in 1957 right after the events of Goldfinger). With Anthony Horowitz's Trigger Mortis, this time the experiment is to attempt no experiment at all. These were all experiments I very much enjoyed (yes, even Devil May Care, haters). Solo by William Boyd offered a moody meditation on an aging 007. Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver rebooted the literary Bond into the present day.

Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks attempted an out-and-out Ian Fleming imitation. The last few official James Bond continuation novels have each in their own way been experiments.

James bond literary series trigger mortis