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    Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming
    Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming
    Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming
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    Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming

    Written by Anthony Horowitz

    Narrated by David Oyelowo

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    Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating and dashing thriller.

    The world's most famous spy, James Bond, has just returned victorious from his showdown with Auric Goldfinger in Fort Knox. By his side is the glamorous and streetwise Pussy Galore, who played no small part in his success. As they settle down in London, the odds of Galore taming the debonair bachelor seem slim—but she herself is a creature not so easily caught.

    Meanwhile, the struggle for superiority between the Soviet Union and the West is escalating. In an attempt to demonstrate Soviet strength, SMERSH plans to sabotage an international Grand Prix in the hot zone of West Germany. At the Nürburgring Racing Circuit, Bond must play a high-speed game of cat and mouse to stop them, but when he observes a secretive meeting between SMERSH's driver and a notorious Korean millionaire, it becomes clear that this is just the infamous organization's opening move.

    An orphan of the Korean War, he has a personal reason for wanting to bring America to its knees. He's helping SMERSH decisively end the white-hot space race—but how? With the help of an American female agent, Bond uncovers a plan that leads first to Florida and then to New York City, where a heart-stopping face-off will determine the fate of the West.

    This thriller has all the hallmarks of an original Ian Fleming adventure and features welcome familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny. Horowitz delivers a smooth and seductive narrative of fast cars and beautiful women, ruthless villains and breathtaking plot that will leave readers hanging until the very end.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9780062416285
    Author

    Anthony Horowitz

    ANTHONY HOROWITZ is the author of the US bestselling Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder, and one of the most prolific and successful writers in the English language; he may have committed more (fictional) murders than any other living author. His novel Trigger Mortis features original material from Ian Fleming. His most recent Sherlock Holmes novel, Moriarty, is a reader favorite; and his bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. As a TV screenwriter, he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle’s War on PBS. Horowitz regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, and in January 2014 was awarded an OBE.

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    • 3/5
      To begin, LOVE the title! This book, is the "sequel" to Fleming's "Goldfinger" and picks up two weeks after that book. Which means, the greatest Bond girl name is still around, Pussy Galore! The Prologue hooked me right away for two reasons - the way it ends (which totally rocked!) and because it mentions my birth place (Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas)!!! As for the "sequel" thing, it really is in spirit only. The story take on a life of its own after it breaks ties to "Goldfinger". Bond goes from a Grand Prix race to the "space" race, battling SMERSH and Jason Sin along the way! And Sin has a deck of cards that you really, really don't want to touch! Of course, Bond has a "girl", and this time it's Ms. Jeopardy Lane of the good ol' USofA. All that being said, you pretty much get a Fleming type Bond book here, and it is an enjoyable ride!
    • 5/5
      Excellente histoire ! J’espère qu’il y aura aussi une adaptation ciné
    • 4/5
      James Bond, fresh from his showdown with Goldfinger, is unaware that soon he will find himself caught up in the escalating struggle for superiority between the Soviet Union and the West. In a story set in 1957, SMERSH plans to sabotage an international auto race at the Nurburgring Racing Circuit, forcing James to play a high-speed game of cat-and-mouse in order to thwart their assassination plan. But there’s much more to the evil plan and soon James finds himself involved in a plot designed to destroy a Vanguard launch and derail America’s pursuit of victory in the early stages of the space race.The requisite James Bond milieu is here: Miss Moneypenny, M, fast cars, beautiful women, ruthless villains, life-threating danger . . . all wrapped up in a fast-moving plot that offers readers some unexpected twists and turns. Radiating the flavor and atmosphere of the original Ian Fleming stories [and with a portion written by Fleming himself, via an unused television script], readers are certain to enjoy this new Bond adventure.Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Just read it! Killer diller Bond. I listened to it on drive through Wyoming, north to south, the entire state. 2 beauties at once.
    • 4/5
      Trigger Mortis (2015) (James Bond - Extended Series #47) by Anthony Horowitz. James Bond is back, fitter than ever, as dynamic as always, and none the older. Mr. Horowitz, with the blessing and assistance of the Ian Flaming estate, has resurected 007 for another go round. This episode is set directly after the events of Goldfinger, Bond is now back in England and he’s brought along a companion, Pussy Galore. Somehow there is a streak of sympathy showing in the Bond facade as he takes the now outlawed criminal into safe harbor in his London flat. She is wanted by several criminal gangs for the things she has done at Fort Knox and it seems Bond felt…sorry for her?Soon Bond is regretting his lapse, as is the Secret Service, but he moves on to another assignment, He is to protect England’s top racing driver at the Nurburgring Grand Prix in West Germany. SMERSH is set to not only kill the driver but win the race with a Russian car.Bond assumes the role of a playboy amateur driver. He attends a training course given by, of course, a beautiful, enchanting racer. She fends off his advances and he learns just enough to know he will probably die driving in the race. There is some action here, Ms. Galore reappears, and a surprise twist solves some minor problems.But this is only the first third of the book. Soon to follow is the race, a mad Korean who may be helping SMERSH, escapes, more women, gun play, torture, villainy galore, and Bond nearly dying.While this book slightly alters Bond’s character from the original books, Bond is still not portrayed as a 21st century man. He is more like the early movie Bond than the book Bond, but that’s not all bad.Thank God for that!There is a portion of the book that is taken from some of Fleming’s own work on a 007 TV screenplay that never happened. Mr. Horowitz has so seamlessly stitched this material into his own new work that readers will not spot who wrote what.
    • 4/5
      I listened to the Audible version of the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Bond is back in the fifties, smoking and drinking as he did without the wisecracks from the films and contains many of the familiar elements.
      My only minor quibble is that the reader of the audio book occasionally used an american pronunciation which slightly grated.
    • 3/5
      The latest in the James Bond 007 franchise just waiting for the movie treatment. I was rather disappointed, but then I read the originals as a schoolboy as soon as I could get them from the Public Library - can never be the same. Horowitz found a couple of hundred of Fleming's own words in the family archive an included them - any fan who spots them should get a prize. The reader can also play 'Spot the Anachronism'. worth 3 stars as a quick beach read, but only just.
    • 5/5
      Okay, in all fairness, it's not written by Ian Fleming. But, it is still 007, with all the implied intrigue and adventure. Of course the women are here as well, even Pussy Galore makes a comeback appearance. Mr. Horowitz did a fine job, and presented James Bond the way one would expect! Get a copy and read it... you won't be sorry!
    • 5/5
      Although not particularly a fan of the James Bond Films (I've never read any Ian Fleming) I read this one because it was written by Anthony Horowitz and I loved his take on Sherlock Holmes in A House of Silk. I must admit I found this book great fun and I really surprised myself by how much I enjoyed it, so much so that I may search out some Ian Fleming Bond books. This moved along at a gripping pace, and I loved the central 'evil' character, and enjoyed the roles of Pussy Galore and Jeopardy Lane and their interactions with Bond. Although many many years since I saw a James Bond film it does feel somewhat like the Bond I remember.
    • 4/5
      Over the last few years, the estate of Ian Fleming has commissioned various contemporary writers, including such luminaries as William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks, to produce new novels featuring James Bond. To be honest, I thought that Sebastian Faulks's offering, 'The Devil May Care', was rather disappointing, though perhaps that is merely a reflection that he copied Fleming's style too closely. The original Bond books have not aged well, and the oeuvre was in need of some remedial treatment. William Boyd's contribution, 'Solo', was a far better attempt, capturing more of the feel of Fleming's originals, though served up with Boyd's customary elegance of phrase.Anthony Horowitz is the most recent novelist commissioned to add to the Bond canon, and it seems like an inspired choice. Fresh from similar duty on behalf of the Conan Doyle estate, for whom he has written two new stories to extend the Sherlock Holmes collection ('The House of Silk' and 'Moriarty'), he has produced an excellent James Bond story, easily as entertaining as any of Fleming's own novels.This story is set in 1957, shortly after the conclusion of the events recounted in 'Goldfinger', and Bond has just returned to London, accompanied by sometime renegade Pussy Galore, who is currently living in his Mayfair flat. Summoned to headquarters to be briefed by M, Bond learns that SMERSH, the sinister Soviet espionage agency, is targeting a leading British racing driver with a view to promoting the achievements of their own new car design. Bond is asked to undertake an intensive training regime, and then to participate at a forthcoming race at the Nurburgring, where he is to protect the British driver, even if it means deliberately crashing into Dimitrov, the Soviet driver. While engaged in this scheme, he encounters the mysterious Jeopardy Lane, who purports to be a journalist covering Grand Prix racing. Bond also espies the head of SMERSH on a rare jaunt outside the Soviet Union, and notices that he is in close conference with a Korean-American business tycoon. His curiosity pricked, Bond goes off at a tangent that catapults him into the midst of a far-reaching and particularly sinister plot. Unlike the grotesqueries to which we have become accustomed from the Bond films, this is not about a tycoon seeking personal world domination, but it does push the Cold war to the outer limits, at a time when the super-powers were engaged in a bitter race to conquer space.This may all sound rather too far-fetched, but Horowitz has the knack of persuading the reader to suspend disbelief entirely (far more so than Fleming ever managed, in my opinion). I found myself sucked into the book immediately and was gripped by it throughout.
    • 4/5
      Despite a weak villain and an even weaker Bond girl, this novel works, because Horowitz has skilfully brought back the original Bond of Ian Fleming and the Sean Connery movies. Bond is suave and polished, but also cruel, ruthless and even brutal. He is also fallible, in this book he makes numerous mistakes (fails to spot a tail, leaves his gun in his car, allows a SMERSH hitman to get the drop on him). The major disappointments of the book are the story, which is really "meh, been there done that", the villain, who is boring and predictable and doesn't even rate on the Scaramanga level, let alone a Blofeld or Goldfinger, and the obligatory Bond girl. Pussy Galore makes a terriffic cameo at the start but doesnt contribute to the story and departs before the halfway point. She is replaced by Jeopardy Lane, one of the least interesting Bond heroines ever. She is essentially a woman-shaped blank space on the page, who does the requisite Bond girl things before showing a bit of skill on a motorbike, sleeps with Bond and then exits the story. But none of this matters, because the real Bond is back. That, and that alone, is enough to elevate this book to a must-read.
    • 5/5
      An interesting premise with original material from Fleming himself, this was always going to be an interesting read. Taking Bond back to his 1950's heyday has been refreshing, accurate and in the main, very much in the vain of Fleming's original vision. I'd agree with others that the villain is not as colourful as some of the Bond villains, but the plot, the premise and the action is very like Fleming and is quite authentic. This isn't going to be canon for everyone, but it's a very sound effort and well worth a look for the fan and the casual reader alike. He he original screen play by Fleming in the back also makes for interesting and intriguing reading
    • 4/5
      Fresh off his triumph as pseudo-Arthur Conan Doyle in [Moriarty] and [House of Silk], Anthony Horowitz scores again giving voice to Ian Fleming in [Trigger Mortis]. Horowitz explains in the afterward he was contacted by the Fleming estate and given access to some original material in developing the story. It was a happy convergence of two authors. James Bond flits from London to the grand prix racing circuit to rocket launches to trains with as much facility as he has with cocktail shakers. I am amazed by Horowitz’s facility in changing from a late Victorian writing style with Conan Doyle to impersonating a 1950’s debonair Secret Service operative. Bond’s escapades with women are perhaps a little too objectifying for modern tastes, but Horowitz perfectly captures the era. An enjoyable addition to the Bond canon.
    • 4/5
      Very nice pastiche of Fleming’s stories. The cameo by Pussy Galore wasn’t all that necessary, but she does get a nice send off. Horowitz manages to hit all of the right notes and keeps the narrative moving swiftly along, but the bit where the villain delays killing the captured Bond in order to explain himself goes on so long it borders on parody. Still a very enjoyable read and recommended for Bond enthusiasts.
    • 4/5
      Newly written but for a Bond of an earlier time. Resurrecting old characters. A good story. Something you would read after Goldfinger.
    • 3/5
      I liked the inclusion of the original Ian Fleming work. That was a nice touch. Glad the estate is still seeking to give us more Bond, James Bond!!!