While Deaver's Bond outing did not have aficionados eager for him to chronicle further adventures, there will surely be an appetite for more outings à la Horowitz." Forshaw also claims "this is the first book to deal with what happens to all those Bond girls after the final clinch." Er, um, "From Russia, With Love" says a lot about Tiffany Case.
This is nevertheless a clever and enjoyable pastiche, which manages to press many of the buttons that were the purview of 007's creator. "And it's quickly apparent that Horowitz is doing something both clever and audacious– more so than he did with his continuation of Conan Doyle's great detective. The Independent review by Barry Forshaw is positive. Trigger Mortis is what you would call a Loving Tribute." " But from his brilliant first chapter on, Horowitz is a pitch-perfect mimic of the Fleming one-line punch.
"Anthony Horowitz has written a humdinger of a Bond story, so cunningly crafted and thrillingly paced that 007’s creator would have been happy to have owned it. The Financial Times review by Simon Schama is very positive. Google Simon Schama in case you don't know who he is. On a side note, I am thrilled to see a genuine high-brow intellectual show enthusiasm for Bond and the book.
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