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James Bond returns and the Double O agents make their last stand in this gripping and explosive spy thriller'Razor-sharp…highly recommended' M.W. Craven‘Tough, smart and thrilling. Just like 007 himself’ Charlie Higson'Explodes into action' Vaseem Khan'Moves at warp speed' Financial Times'Sherwood rounds off her trilogy in assured fashion'The Times The return of 007 Agent 003, Joanna Harwood, has finally found James Bond after years of searching. All she has to do is get him out of Russia alive and convince him to trust her again. A mission for revenge But Bond trusts no one. And he wants revenge on Mora, the monstrous figure at the head of Rattenfänger – a terrorist organisation with links to the past. The final showdown MI6’s Double O section is in pieces. Moneypenny is captured. Agents have switched sides. And Rattenfänger’s plans for hijacking the cyber-intelligence of the West are finally about to be realised.Bond and the remaining Double Os must work together to save the world – and figure out which of them are still loyal…

*Don't miss the next gripping Double O thriller, A SPY LIKE ME, available to order now* 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! ‘A boldly innovative James Bond novel' Sunday Times THREE… James Bond is missing and presumed dead. In his absence, MI6 is left struggling to pick up the pieces in the face of the world’s deadliest threat yet. TWO… Moneypenny’s elite Double O agents – Sid Bashir, Johanna Harwood and Joseph Dryden – are tasked with infiltrating the deadly terrorist organisation Rattenfänger, and unearthing its connection to tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise. ONE… As time ticks away, the stakes couldn’t be higher – and the fate of our lives rests in their hands…What everyone is saying about DOUBLE OR NOTHING:‘Filled with characters so real we feel we know them, the novel races through its surprising plot twists like an Aston Martin in high gear’ Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel‘Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world’s most beloved series and makes it her own’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End'Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head’ Charles Cumming, author of BOX 88‘A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters’ Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One‘Delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller’ Tim Glister, author of Red Corona

The stunning spy thriller that blows the world of James Bond wide open! *A Finalist for the McIlvanney Prize: Scottish Crime Book of the Year* Six days. A bomb goes off at the BBC. But this is just the beginning. In six days' time, terrorists will strike again. Three agents. With James Bond captured, three of MI6's toughest Double O agents race from Venice to Afghanistan to Dubai to stop the terror. One chance to find James Bond. As the Double Os close in, they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to 007. Now the race is on to stop the terrorists – and save Britain’s finest spy.What readers are saying about A Spy Like Me‘Reading A Spy Like Me is just like being immersed in the world of Bond, with travel, gadgets and glamour galore’‘I gasped aloud at the ending – be prepared for a thunderbolt!!’‘Wow! What a fantastic, gripping read this was. Pure Bond from start to finish. I’m blown away by how good this book was!’‘Immensely enjoyable, a real joy to read and difficult to put down’‘This story moves between a number of different locations and certainly keeps the readers turning the pages’‘A fabulously written gripping story that was a pleasure to read’‘Action packed from the very first page to the very last page’‘You get an excellent world tour in some truly out of this world locations from the comfort of your armchair’‘Wow this book grips you from page one and keeps you on a rollercoaster for the whole book’‘Pure escapist fiction’‘A non-stop whirl of espionage and great fun, with a killer cliffhanger ending’

The stunning spy thriller that blows the world of James Bond wide open! *A Finalist for the McIlvanney Prize: Scottish Crime Book of the Year* Six days. A bomb goes off at the BBC. But this is just the beginning. In six days' time, terrorists will strike again. Three agents. With James Bond captured, three of MI6's toughest Double O agents race from Venice to Afghanistan to Dubai to stop the terror. One chance to find James Bond. As the Double Os close in, they find themselves unexpectedly inching closer to 007. Now the race is on to stop the terrorists – and save Britain’s finest spy.What readers are saying about A Spy Like Me‘Reading A Spy Like Me is just like being immersed in the world of Bond, with travel, gadgets and glamour galore’‘I gasped aloud at the ending – be prepared for a thunderbolt!!’‘Wow! What a fantastic, gripping read this was. Pure Bond from start to finish. I’m blown away by how good this book was!’‘Immensely enjoyable, a real joy to read and difficult to put down’‘This story moves between a number of different locations and certainly keeps the readers turning the pages’‘A fabulously written gripping story that was a pleasure to read’‘Action packed from the very first page to the very last page’‘You get an excellent world tour in some truly out of this world locations from the comfort of your armchair’‘Wow this book grips you from page one and keeps you on a rollercoaster for the whole book’‘Pure escapist fiction’‘A non-stop whirl of espionage and great fun, with a killer cliffhanger ending’

James Bond returns and the Double O agents make their last stand in this gripping and explosive spy thriller'Razor-sharp…highly recommended' M.W. Craven‘Tough, smart and thrilling. Just like 007 himself’ Charlie Higson'Explodes into action' Vaseem Khan'Moves at warp speed' Financial Times'Sherwood rounds off her trilogy in assured fashion'The Times The return of 007 Agent 003, Joanna Harwood, has finally found James Bond after years of searching. All she has to do is get him out of Russia alive and convince him to trust her again. A mission for revenge But Bond trusts no one. And he wants revenge on Mora, the monstrous figure at the head of Rattenfänger – a terrorist organisation with links to the past. The final showdown MI6’s Double O section is in pieces. Moneypenny is captured. Agents have switched sides. And Rattenfänger’s plans for hijacking the cyber-intelligence of the West are finally about to be realised.Bond and the remaining Double Os must work together to save the world – and figure out which of them are still loyal…

'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

Shortlisted for the Winston Graham Prize for Historical Fiction'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 MANTELA 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 to Hester Thrale to George Eliot - who are transfixed by her myth and who, over three centuries, come together to solve the mystery of her life. With extraordinary verve and chutzpah, Sherwood remakes the eighteenth-century Heroical novel and challenges women's writing and women's roles throughout history.

'What a writer. I was totally captivated. Moving and ultimately uplifting' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'I am absorbed by the delicacy, even the beauty, with which she writes of the trauma of history' AMIT CHAUDHURIWINNER OF THE BATH NOVEL AWARDOf everyone in her complicated family, Eva was closest to her grandfather: a charismatic painter - and a keeper of secrets. So when he dies, she's hit by a greater loss - of the questions he never answered, and the past he never shared.It's then she finds the letter from the Jewish Museum in Berlin. They have uncovered the testimony he gave after his forced labour service in Hungary, which took him to the death camps and then to England as a refugee. This is how he survived.But there is a deeper story that Eva will unravel - of how her grandfather learnt to live afterwards. As she confronts the lies that have haunted her family, their identity shifts and her own takes shape. The testament is in her hands.Kim Sherwood's extraordinary first novel is a powerful statement of intent. Beautifully written, moving and hopeful, it crosses the tidemark where the third generation meets the first, finding a new language to express love, legacy and our place within history.