Bøger af Kim Sherwood

"James Bond is missing-and only the elite team of MI6 agents he trained can find him and thwart a nefarious scheme to expand worldwide terrorism-in this breathtaking new Bond novel"--

An elite team of MI6 agents must go undercover to unravel a smuggling network funding violent terror in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood.James Bond is alive.Or at least, he was when he left a clue at the black site where the insidious private military company Rattenfänger held him captive. MI6 cannot spare any more lives attempting to track down one missing agent?no exceptions, even for Bond. But Johanna Harwood, 003, has her own agenda. Sidelined by her superiors while she grieves the loss of a loved one, Harwood goes on an unsanctioned mission: to find 007. Meanwhile, MI6 has another problem...A bomb has been detonated in London.Double O agents on the trail of the terrorists responsible acted quickly to prevent mass destruction and save lives. But MI6 failed to neutralize the nation's enemies before they could strike, and one of their own was seriously injured in the blast.They won't fail again.Assigned to root out the source of the terrorists' funding, Joseph Dryden, 004, and Conrad Harthrop-Vane, 000, enter the field. Tracing clues from Sotheby's auction house to Crete to Venice, they uncover a money laundering scheme involving diamonds, black market antiquities, and human trafficking. Once a major sale is made, a six-day countdown to the next terror attack begins. As the Double O's follow the twisting trail, they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to Bond...

"An elite team of MI6 agents trained by James Bond must go undercover to unravel a band of violent terrorists in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood"--

JAMES BOND HA DESAPARECIDO.007 ha sido capturado, puede incluso que asesinado, por una siniestra compañía militar privada.CONOCE A LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN DE ESPÍAS.Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Juntos representan lo mejor del MI6. Habilidosos, decididos y con licencia para matar, harán cualquier cosa para proteger a su país.EL DESTINO DEL MUNDO ESTÁ EN SUS MANOS.El multimillonario tecnológico sir Bertram Paradise afirma que puede revertir la crisis climática y salvar el planeta. Pero ¿realmente puede? Los nuevos espías deben descubrir la verdad, porque el futuro de la humanidad pende de un hilo y ya no queda demasiado tiempo.EL TIEMPO SE AGOTA.Kim Sherwood es autora y profesora de Escritura Creativa. Nacida en Camden en 1989, ha ejercido la docencia en la Universidad de Sussex, así como en bibliotecas y prisiones. Actualmente da clases en la Universidad de Edimburgo, donde reside. Su primera novela, Testament, se publicó en 2018 y está inspirada en la vida de sus abuelos, uno de los cuales es superviviente del Holocausto. Con Testament ganó el premio Bath Novel y el Harper's Bazaar al mejor libro del año, y fue preseleccionado para el premio a la mejor primera novela del Author's Club y preseleccionada para el premio Desmond Elliott y el Sunday Times Young Writer.Los herederos de Ian Fleming le han encargado la creación de la nueva trilogía de James Bond, que se inicia con la presente Doble o nada, convirtiéndola en la primera mujer que escribe una novela sobre 007.

¡El comienzo de una nueva trilogía que sigue a los agentes del MI6 con licencia para matar, que abre de par en par el mundo de James Bond! JAMES BOND HA DESAPARECIDO. 007 ha sido capturado, puede incluso que asesinado, por una siniestra compañía militar privada. CONOCE A LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN DE ESPÍAS. Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Juntos representan lo mejor del MI6. Habilidosos, decididos y con licencia para matar, harán cualquier cosa para proteger a su país. EL DESTINO DEL MUNDO ESTÁ EN SUS MANOS.>EL TIEMPO SE AGOTA. «Elegante, explosiva, fresca y divertida. Kim Sherwood toma una de las series más queridas del mundo y la hace propia. Fiel, pero completamente original, Doble o nada es todo lo que podrías desear de una novela de espías.' Chris Whitaker «Un thriller brillante. Doble o nada es una novela inteligente y absolutamente convincente que se suma al canon de Bond. Llena de personajes tan reales que nos hace sentir que los conocemos, la novela corre a través de sus sorprendentes giros argumentales como un Aston Martin de alta velocidad. Lo leí de una sentada.' Jeffery Deaver«Apasionante, vertiginosa, brillante. Esta novela de Sherwood ofrece todo lo que podría desear y más de un thriller de espías de alto voltaje y alto riesgo. El mundo de Bond está en manos expertas.' Tim Glister ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "I spy ... a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon." --Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel The start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6's Double O agents with a license to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open! James Bond is missing... 007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts unknown. Meet the new generation of spies... Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. They represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Supremely skilled, ruthless, with a license to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands... Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth because the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Time is running out.

?I spy ... a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon.? ?Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novelThe start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6's Double O agents with a license to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open! James Bond is missing...007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts unknown.Meet the new generation of spies...Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. They represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Supremely skilled, ruthless, with a license to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands...Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth, because the future of humanity hangs in the balance.Time is running out.

?I spy ... a brilliant thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon.? ?Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novelThe start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6's Double O agents with a license to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open! James Bond is missing...007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts unknown.Meet the new generation of spies...Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. They represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Supremely skilled, ruthless, with a license to kill, they will do anything to protect their country. The fate of the world rests in their hands...Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth, because the future of humanity hangs in the balance.Time is running out.

The start of a brand new trilogy following MI6's agents with a licence to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open!

'Enlivens the standard tale of swashbuckling adventure, adding feminist spice ... Rich and immersive' SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH'Remarkable' HILARY MANTEL'A vivid, narrative-packed splice of historical fiction' DAILY MAILA Wild & True Relation opens during the Great Storm of 1703, as smuggler Tom West confronts his lover Grace for betraying him to the Revenue. Leaving Grace's cottage in flames, he takes her orphaned daughter Molly on board ship disguised as a boy to join his crew. But Molly, or Orlando as she must call herself, will grow up to outshine all the men of Tom's company and seek revenge - and a legacy - all of her own. Woven into Molly's story are the writers - from Celia Fiennes and George Eliot to Daniel Defoe and Charles Dickens - who are transfixed by her myth and who, over three centuries, come together to solve the mystery of her life. With extraordinary verve , Sherwood remakes the eighteenth-century novel and illuminates women's writing and women's roles throughout history.'Breathlessly swashbuckling' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Vividly imagined, relentlessly entertaining, rich and resonant in scope and context, it's both a thrilling adventure and a vital witness to women's voices' EMMA STONEX, author of The Lamplighters'A young writer of immense talent' ANDREW MILLER'A breathtaking feat of historical fiction and utterly astounding. It is wise, urgent and entirely compelling. I was bereft when it ended' WYL MENMUIR'This book is a rarity - a novel as remarkable for the vigour of the storytelling as for its literary ambition. Kim Sherwood is a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication' HILARY MANTEL'A thrilling adventure novel' FIONA MOZLEY

A prize-winning novel following a young woman uncovering the truth about her family's past in the Hungarian Holocaust.