A Spy Like Me
ISBN: 9780008495435
Description
A bomb goes off at the BBC. The country is in chaos, but this is just the start. A global terrorist organisation is plotting a series of deadly attacks. MI6 has just six days’ warning for when the next one will strike. With James Bond missing, three of MI6’s toughest Double O agents race across the world to stop the attacks. From Venice to Australia to Dubai, they soon uncover a vast network of terror. As the Double Os close in, they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to 007. Now the race is on to stop the terrorists – and save Britain’s finest spy.
Reviewed on 11th May 2024
Kim Sherwood’s version of the Double O’s return for what does slightly have the feel of a middle book.
The characters are all remarkably broken people, and this really draws you in as a reader and turns them from superheroes into real people you can believe in and root for.
There were a few moments in the narrative where I lost track of the flow and had to pop back briefly, but most of the time the action and introspection unfolds smoothly.
There are tons of little references dropped in for Bond fans, and that’s amused me to see throughout. I didn’t count or tick them off but it felt like there might be one for each of Fleming’s original works.
I really like what Sherwood has done to revitalise the franchise - modernising it without taking away what makes it special.