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Cover artist Joy Cohn Publication date 8 September 2015 Originally published 8 September 2015 Genre Spy fiction Publisher Orion Publishing Group | 3.7/5 Goodreads Series James Bond ISBN 978-1-4091-5913-1 Preceded by Solo Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardcover, e-book, audio) Pages 320 pp (first edition, hardback) Similar Anthony Horowitz books, James Bond books, Spy fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony horowitz talks new james bond book trigger mortis
Trigger Mortis is a 2015 James Bond novel written by Anthony Horowitz, and the latest Bond novel to be commissioned by the estate of Bond's creator Ian Fleming, which was published on 8 September 2015.
Contents
Anthony horowitz reads an extract from his james bond novel trigger mortis
Plot
The book is set in 1957 against the backdrop of the Space Race, and begins two weeks after the events of Goldfinger. The novel is the second in the current-era literary series to be set during the original timeline created by Fleming since 1968's Colonel Sun (following Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks) and sees the return of Bond girl Pussy Galore, who made her debut in Goldfinger. Bond's mission is to protect a British racing driver at the Nürburgring racetrack. He begins with driving lessons from an expert lady driver, who shows Bond the ropes in a Maserati 250. Pussy finds herself a little tied up and painted a la Goldfinger, but Bond saves her just before she succumbs to death by painting. At the Nürburgring Bond beats the would be assassin with a pit manoeuvre at high speed and the true mission is then revealed.
Background
Trigger Mortis was announced in October 2014. It contains Murder on Wheels, previously unpublished material written by Fleming for an unfilmed television series, which Horowitz used to write the opening chapter. The book title was revealed on 28 May 2015 to coincide with Fleming's 107th birthday.
Adaptations
In August 2015 it was announced that an audiobook of the novel would be narrated by actor David Oyelowo. The BBC Radio 4 drama series Book at Bedtime broadcast a serialized reading by Rupert Penry-Jones in October and November 2015.