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Bond fans will delight in this stylish spy thriller that takes us back to 1962, introducing the team of tomcatting Texan Jack Mallory and the willowy, aloof martial-arts master Laura Morse (think Emma Peel played by Gwyneth Paltrow). Sent to Istanbul when a fellow agent of "The Consultancy" has been flambeed in his shower, the duo mixes it up with bearish Russian assassins and doe-eyed belly dancers before finding themselves on the island fortress of the diabolical Anton Rauth, a megalomaniac with a twisted hand, a twisted mind, and a master plan involving a giant mechanical earthworm and the world's largest egg slicer. With just the right blend of substance and style, DeVoe pays homage to the Fleming school without arch commentary or camp--but with native girls, cool retro-futuristic gadgets, loutish henchmen, and hungry sharks. This is escapism at its finest and most fun, to be purchased along with the enticingly illustrated reprints of Fleming's original Bond books and Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise series. David Wright
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Review
β[A] stylish spy thriller β¦ This is escapism at its finest and most fun.β (Booklist )
βAs much fun to read as watching a stack of Bond DVDβs.β (Mississippi Clarion-Ledger )