Deaver to write new Bond novel

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

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Deaver to write new Bond novel


James Bond is back - with a new adventure being penned by best-selling thriller writer Jeffery Deaver.

The novel, which has been mysteriously dubbed Project X for now, will be published a year in one year's time, marking Bond creator Ian Fleming's birthday.

Deaver, who has been hailed as "the master of ticking-bomb suspense", has been selected to breathe fresh life into the super-spy by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.

The American author, a Bond fan since childhood, has written 26 novels and sold more than 20 million books worldwide.

He has started work on the book and its real title will be revealed at a later date.

Deaver said: "I can't describe the thrill I felt when first approached by Ian Fleming's estate to ask if I'd be interested in writing the next book in the James Bond series.

"I began reading them when I was about nine or 10, ignorant of the Cold War politics they explored but enthralled by their sense of adventure and derring-do. I continued to read and re-read them, which was fortunate because as a teen and adult I found, of course, nuances, that were invisible to a child."

Deaver continued: "The Bond books were important parts of my life.... They appealed to me as wonderful stories but they also stood as singular examples of a thriller writer's craft.

"I learned, through osmosis as well as design, much technique from Mr Fleming's work: compactness, attention to detail, heroic though flawed characters, fast-pacing, concrete imagery and straightforward prose."

Born near Chicago, Deaver is best known for his Kathryn Dance and Lincoln Rhyme books, notably The Bone Collector, which was turned into a film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

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[Dr. No]

This good or Bad?

[FormerBondFan]

Would it take place in the 60s or the modern day?

[Kristatos]

Anyone read anything by Deaver? I've never heard of him.

[Blowfeld]

I never heard of him either and I should have often as I travel, I am always picking up books in the airport gift shops. Of his books I am aware of the Bone Collector only because of the Angelina Jolie movie.

On the bright side Jeffery will probably have a free hand after the failed attempt to reset the series for immediately after Golden Gun.

Bibliography
Standalone works

* Mistress of Justice (1992)
* The Lesson Of Her Death (1993)
* Praying For Sleep (1994)
* A Maiden's Grave (1995)
* The Devil's Teardrop (1999) (Lincoln Rhyme is in a chapter as a consultant)
* Speaking In Tongues (2000)
* The Blue Nowhere (2001)
* Garden Of Beasts (2004)
* The Bodies Left Behind (2008)
* Edge (2010)

Rune Trilogy

1. Manhattan Is My Beat (1988)
2. Death Of A Blue Movie Star (1990)
3. Hard News (1991)
John Pellam

1. Shallow Graves (1992)
2. Bloody River Blues (1993)
3. Hell's Kitchen (2001)

Lincoln Rhyme

1. The Bone Collector (1997)
2. The Coffin Dancer (1998)
3. The Empty Chair (2000)
4. The Stone Monkey (2002)
5. The Vanished Man (2003)
6. The Twelfth Card (2005) (Ron Pulaski is introduced in this novel)
7. The Cold Moon (2006) (Kathryn Dance is introduced in this novel)
8. The Broken Window (2008)
9. The Burning Wire (June 2010)

Kathryn Dance

1. The Cold Moon (2006) (Kathryn Dance is introduced in this novel)
2. The Sleeping Doll (2007) (Lincoln Rhyme appears briefly). The central character is a reworking of a character in Deaver's short story "Interrogation", included in More Twisted. Another character reworks a character from Deaver's short story "Copycat", also included in More Twisted.
3. Roadside Crosses (2009)