Raymond Benson

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Raymond Benson

Never Dream Of Dying

Doubleshot

A Better Way to Die

The World is Not Enough

The Facts of Death. The New James Bond Adventure

Audio Titles

by Raymond Benson

About the Author (Photo by Paul F. Dantuono)

Bibliography

Paperback - Coronet (2001)

Never Dream Of Dying
The new James Bond novel
It begins at a movie studio in Nice where a police raid goes horribly wrong, killing innocent men, women and even children. It continues in an English prison, where a dead man discloses an intriguing secret about the brutal criminal organization called the Union. The trail lead James Bond to Paris, where he meets the tantalizing movie star Tylyn Mignonne and embarks on a voyage of sensual discovery.
But Tylyn is in mortal danger. Her husband, a volatile French film producer, has not forgiven his glamorous wife for ending their troubled marriage and he is connected to the Union’s thugs.
Meanwhile Bond’s friend, French agent Mathis, has disappeared while tracking down the Union’s mysterious leader, Le Gerant. Bond’s journey takes him to a thrilling underwater brush with death, a chase through the Corsican wilderness, a surprise encounter with an old friend and a final confrontation with a twisted criminal genius.
The critics on Raymond Benson’s James Bond novels:
`Welcome back, Mr Bond. We’ve been waiting for you . . . Benson has gone back to Bondian basics in a fast-moving world of bedrooms, firm breasts, betting and bruises.’ Independent on Sunday
`Fast and deadly action abounds.’ The Sunday Times
`The smells and sound of Hong Kong seem to seep out of these pages and the effect is intoxicating . . . Zero Minus Ten does succeed, and against enormous odds. Yes it really is that good. Bond is back, in hugely entertaining style.’ Manchester Evening News
`General mayhem by larger-than-life villains flavours every page as the book races to its hair-raising finale.’ Western Morning News
`Spectacular chases, gory killings and a spot of sadomasochism . . . addicts of the genre will love it.’ The Times

First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (2000)

Paperback - Coronet (2000)

Doubleshot
See Review by Bernard Knight - Author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series set in Medieval Devon
The New James Bond Adventure
Meeting your double means certain death.
Is this bizarre warning the catalyst for a series of unsettling events that could push James Bond close to the edge of ... madness?
The intricately organized criminal conspiracy called the Union has vowed its revenge on the man who thwarted its last coup. Now, the Union's mysterious leader sets out to destroy James Bond's reputation and sanity by luring the agent into a dangerous alliance of deceit and treason with a Spanish militant intent on reclaiming Gibraltar.
Officially on medical leave as a result of a head injury sustained on his last adventure, 007 ignores M's orders and pursues clues that he believes might lead him to the Union's inner circle. His search takes him from the seedy underbelly of London's Soho to the souks of Tangier; from a terrorist training camp in Morocco to a bullring in Spain; and from the clutches of a murderous Spanish beauty to a volatile summit conference on the Rock of Gibraltar.
Each step brings 007 closer to the truth about the Union's elaborate, audacious plot to destroy both SIS and its best agent: James Bond.
Raymond Benson's gripping new James Bond adventure is one of the strangest - and most terrifying - the agent has ever endured.

A Better Way to Die
James Bond, 007, returns in a thrilling tale of danger and high adventure.

The Union is a criminal organisation with global influence - it has assassinated Mafiosi, blackmailed politicians, stolen military secrets from the Pentagon. When its agents assassinate James Bond's host at his Bahamian hideaway, and Bond's golf partner is revealed as one of their most ruthless agents, Bond decides it is time to stop the Union. The chase leads to a breathtaking climax high in the Himalayas, where Bond pits his strength and guile against the most resourceful criminal mind he has ever encountered, and also against the pitiless mountains.

An expert on James Bond, Raymond Benson has now written three novels re-creating Ian Fleming's hero for a new generation. His most recent novel The Facts of Death.

First British Edition Hodder & Stoughton (1999)

Paperback - Coronet (1999)

The World is Not Enough
Greed, revenge, world domination through the power of oil, high-tech terrorism ... Only some of the ingredients of this latest 007 adventure which begins outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and continues with a spectacular high-speed boat chase up the Thames and an avalanche in the Caucasus Mountains before Bond faces a murderous enemy in Baku and a potential nuclear explosion in Turkey.
Robert Carlyle

Sir Robert King, a wealthy oil tycoon, is murdered in an unprecedented bombing at the Secret Intelligence Service's London headquarters. M takes the attack personally and sends James Bond to what was once the USSR to protect King's heiress, his beautiful and fiery daughter Elektra. For the bombing is the work of "Renard", the cruel and cunning terrorist who once kidnapped Elektra King and held her to ransom.
With nuclear weapons expert Dr Christmas Jones at his side, Bond travels to the Caspian Sea - where a former enemy becomes a formidable ally - before the final dramatic confrontation in the claustrophobic confines of a nuclear submarine beneath the surface of the Bosphorus.

The Facts of Death. The New James Bond Adventure
The 18th James Bond adventure in which 007 must undertake his most dangerous and thrilling mission yet. This time James Bond is despatched to Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, where an embittered Greek Cypriot heads the Decada, a ruthless terrorist organisation specialising in biological and chemical weaponry. Armed with Q's amazing new gadgetry, Bond faces great danger before he manages to save the day - and finds romance with a beautiful member of the Greek intelligence Service called Niki.
Raymond Benson is the author of The James Bond Bedside Companion, the definitive guide to the character and exploits of James Bond. This is his third James Bond novel.

About The Author
Raymond Benson is the author of High Time To Kill, The Facts Of Death, Zero Minus Ten and the novelisation of the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. His first book, The James Bond Bedside Companion, was shortlisted for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Biographical/CriticaI Work. A director of the Ian Fleming Foundation, he lives and works in the Chicago area.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Never Dream Of Dying (Hodder & Stoughton, 2001) Coronet Pbk Dec 01

Doubleshot (Hodder & Stoughton, 2000) Coronet Pbk Aug 00

A Better Way to Die ( 1999) Hodder & Stoughton May 99

The World is Not Enough (Hodder & Stoughton, 1999) Coronet Pbk Nov 99

High Time to Kill Hodder & Stoughton May 99

The Facts of Death. The New James Bond Adventure Severn House Mar 98