Tag: Kim Sherwood
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Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming (1956)
The reading of an original Bond novel is always pure pleasure. Of the continuations that I’ve read, only the recent Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood comes close to the pure excitement that Fleming managed to generate, and even that one was ultimately a bit soapy and unmemorable. Published in 1956, Diamonds Are Forever is…
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Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood (2022)
The new Bond novel, by debut continuation author Kim Sherwood (who has several other novels to her name), Double or Nothing is at once very close to and very different from Ian Fleming’s original, which is quite a feat. I didn’t care for the last continuation I read, With a Mind to Kill by Anthony…
The Library at Borley Rectory 