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The stunning new spy thriller that blows the world of James Bond wide open!

*A Finalist for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize: Scottish Crime Book of the Year*

Six days.

A bomb goes off at the BBC. The country is in chaos, but this is just the start. A global terrorist organisation is plotting a series of deadly attacks. MI6 has just six days’ warning for when the next one will strike.

Three agents.

With James Bond missing, three of MI6’s toughest Double O agents race across the world to stop the attacks. From Venice to Australia to Dubai, they soon uncover a vast network of 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’

Publisher Review

Praise for Kim Sherwood

‘Unshackled from the burden of fidelity to Fleming’s character, her book feels a lot freer and more spontaneous than the more conventional Bond continuation novels, while still managing to capture something of Fleming’s rollicking spirit’Telegraph

‘A boldly innovative James Bond novel . . . [Sherwood] rises impressively to all the challenges of the formula – the cliffhangers, the exotic locations, the wry specificity about lifestyle and weaponry brands, the blend of “kiss kiss” and “bang bang” – while adding ideas such as making Q a quantum computer and putting the climate crisis at her remarkable thriller’s centre’ Sunday Times

‘A clever and utterly compelling addition to the Bond canon. 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. Get this book and clear your calendar-though it won’t be for long; I read it in one sitting’ Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel

‘A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters in this breathtaking new novel. I loved it’ Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One

‘Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world’s most beloved series and makes it her own. Faithful, yet entirely original, Double or Nothing is everything you could want in a spy novel’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

‘Bang up to date and action-packed, Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head’ Charles Cumming, author of BOX 88

‘Blistering, breakneck, brilliant. Sherwood’s first Double O novel delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller. The world of Bond is in expert hands’ Tim Glister, author of Red Corona

‘Moves at a brisk clip with some great action scenes and snappy dialogue’ Financial Times