Carte Blanche 007 : The New James Bond Novel (Hardcover)

from mountie9

The Good Stuff * This is my first James Bond book ever and I was seriously impressed. I love spy movies but have never been a fan of spy books, usually way too much detail and bored with all the spy stuff. But this was fabulous * Fast paced plot with lots of twists and turns to keep you guessing ...

from bensdad00

Jeffery Deaver was hired to do a modern reboot of 007 novels just as Daniel Craig was brought in to the film franchise. Similar Big Name. Similar Big Results. When I have recommended Fleming's Bond books to people in the past I've told them that, while they are completely formulaic and a product ...

from gaskella

In the latest addition to the Bond canon, Jeffery Deaver takes our favourite thirty-something secret agent, uproots him from the 1960s and transplants him firmly into the twenty-first century, in the same way that the film of Casino Royale did a few years ago. The Bond I envisaged though wasn't t...

from PaulaGalvan

It was great to read a James Bond (who will forever be Sean Connery in my head) book again. I think Jeffery Deaver did it justice. The action was non-stop and the creepy villain, Severan Hydt, with his long, yellow fingernails and perversion for all things dead was captivating. I loved the sexy g...

from cwlongshot

I've always loved the Bond films, even the corny ones with Roger Moore, but I'd never gotten excited about the Ian Fleming books. So, not being much of a spy novel fan in general, I was surprised how good this book was. Sure Deaver has to include a few Bond trademarks, but I like how he wove them...