Double Or Die (2006) written by Charlie Higson
By: Anders Frejdh
Published:
2007-01-04
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Kidnap - Violence - Explosions - Murder. No ordinary weekend. But then, James Bond is no ordinary boy . . .
In a North London cemetery a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just forty-eight hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both.
And, if the professor can't escape, it's not only his future under threat. It's the rest of the world's . . .
Year:
2007
ISBN:
0-1413-2203-9
Original price:
6.99 GBP
Author:
Number of pages:
400
Weight:
376
Translated to Swedish by:
Not yet translated to Swedish
Dust jacket design by:
First released:
January 4, 2007
Released in Sweden:
Not released in Swedish
Volume:
N/A
Format:
Softcover
Publisher:
Comments:
The third book in the Young James Bond book series.
Double or Die is set in the dangerous underworld of 1930s London; a world of illegal gambling dens and Cambridge spies; of East End gangs and tough Irish dockers.
The novel opens in Highgate Cemetery, where an Eton professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton, where James Bond and his crossword enthusiast friends set to work on it. To decipher the deadly mystery, James must take a series of dangerous gambles, leading him on a perilous journey across London during which he escapes death again and again. Once the code is cracked, James has just 48 hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And they both know that it is not only their own futures that are at stake.
The other books in the series are
Silverfin (published in 2005),
Blood Fever (2006),
Hurricane Gold (2007) and
By Royal Command (2008).
Characters:
- James Bond ... Hero
- Kelly ... Bond girl
- Sir John Charnage ... Villains
- Ludwig and Wolfgang Snith ... Minor villains
- Pritpal and Perry ... Allies to Bond
Locations:
Eton, London and Docklands (England)
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