With a Mind to Kill

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Horowitz is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He is the author of the teen spy series, Alex Rider, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. He has been widely praised for his murder mysteries which began with two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels and continued with the bestselling Hawthorne series in which he appears as the former detective's hapless sidekick. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature. His novel, Magpie Murders, was made into a BBC drama starring Lesley Manville as editor Susan Ryeland. The sequel, Moonflower Murders, also starring Lesley Manville, was a BBC drama in 2024. Marble Hall Murders continues the story Klappentext A murder. A world in crisis. Britain's greatest spy . . . 'BRILLIANT' Richard Osman 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 Bond on a perilous mission that will change the balance of world power. He is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is Bond following, and will he obey them when the moment to strike arrives? Discover the latest chapter in the world of 007, brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. PRAISE FOR ANTHONY HOROWITZ'S JAMES BOND TRILOGY: 'Daring, exciting . . . superbly plotted' Sunday Express 'Gripping . . . and with non-stop action' i 'Fast-paced, skilfully written . . . leaves you wanting more' The Times 'Ian Fleming would be proud' Guardian 'Horowitz excels at action sequences' Sunday Times 'Exciting high drama . . . Horowitz stays loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula' Daily Express Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2023 Zusammenfassung A murder. A world in crisis. Britain's greatest spy . . . 'BRILLIANT' Richard Osman 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 Bond on a perilous mission that will change the balance of world power. He is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is Bond following, and will he obey them when the moment to strike arrives? Discover the latest chapter in the world of 007, brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. PRAISE FOR ANTHONY HOROWITZ'S JAMES BOND TRILOGY: 'Daring, exciting . . . superbly plotted' Sunday Express 'Gripping . . . and with non-stop action' i 'Fast-paced, skilfully written . . . leaves you wanting more' The Times 'Ian Fleming would be proud' Guardian 'Horowitz excels at action sequences' Sunday Times 'Exciting high drama . . . Horowitz stays loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula' Daily Express Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2023 ...

Autorentext

Anthony Horowitz is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He is the author of the teen spy series, Alex Rider, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.

He has been widely praised for his murder mysteries which began with two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels and continued with the bestselling Hawthorne series in which he appears as the former detective's hapless sidekick. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.

His novel, Magpie Murders, was made into a BBC drama starring Lesley Manville as editor Susan Ryeland. The sequel, Moonflower Murders, also starring Lesley Manville, was a BBC drama in 2024. Marble Hall Murders continues the story...

Klappentext

A murder. A world in crisis. Britain's greatest spy . . .

'BRILLIANT' Richard Osman

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 Bond on a perilous mission that will change the balance of world power. He is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is Bond following, and will he obey them when the moment to strike arrives?

Discover the latest chapter in the world of 007, brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.

PRAISE FOR ANTHONY HOROWITZ'S JAMES BOND TRILOGY:

'Daring, exciting . . . superbly plotted' Sunday Express

'Gripping . . . and with non-stop action' i

'Fast-paced, skilfully written . . . leaves you wanting more' The Times

'Ian Fleming would be proud' Guardian

'Horowitz excels at action sequences' Sunday Times

'Exciting high drama . . . Horowitz stays loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula' Daily Express

Zusammenfassung

M's funeral.
One man missing from the graveside.
The traitor accused of his murder.
Bond.

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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, James Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be.

Discover the latest chapter in the world of 007, brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.

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PRAISE FOR TRIGGER MORTIS AND FOREVER AND A DAY:
'Ian Fleming would be proud' - GUARDIAN
'Fast-paced, skilfully written . . . leaves you wanting more' - THE TIMES
'A worthy successor to Ian Fleming, putting 007 back in his true domain' - THE SCOTSMAN
'So cunningly crafted and thrillingly placed that 007's creator would have been happy to own it' - FINANCIAL TIMES
'Exciting high drama . . . Horowitz stays loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula' - DAILY EXPRESS