A Spy Like Me, Kim Sherwood
A Spy Like Me, Kim Sherwood
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A Spy Like Me
Six days. Three agents. One chance to find James Bond.

Author: Kim Sherwood

Narrator: Pippa Bennett-Warner

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/23/2024


Synopsis

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 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…

About Kim Sherwood

Kim Sherwood is a novelist and a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. Her award-winning debut novel Testament was released in 2018, and in 2019, Kim was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her latest novel, A Wild & True Relation, was described by Dame Hilary Mantel as “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.” Double or Nothing is the first in an acclaimed series of Double O novels expanding the world of James Bond.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on March 06, 2024

4-5 stars Double O #2 A bomb is planted at the BBC, saved from doing its worst by the swift actions of 008 a.k.a. Dodger McIntyre, who is seriously injured in the process. Q detects a pattern as six days prior to an attack, objects worth £1 million plus leave a freeport, such as Heraklion or Venice a......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 03, 2024

Kim Sherwood's second Double O novel is a fast paced, action adventure & a wonderfully character driven story. James Bond may be missing, but there's plenty to enjoy here & this is a story where Sherwood's (& Ian Fleming's) characters take cente stage instead of 007. Sherwood drops in references to F......more

Goodreads review by Iain on May 23, 2024

Let's start with the positive - this is a minor improvement on the first in the series - Double Or Nothing. The political hectoring and lecturing tone has largely disappeared, which is a good thing, and somewhere in here is a good spy story. Unfortunately, much of what made the first book a disappoi......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on March 12, 2024

I received a free copy of, A Spy Like Me, by Kim Sherwood, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.MI6 agents are looking for James Bond, or at least one of them is, agent Johanna Harwood is looking for 007. Can she find him? An interesting read.......more

Goodreads review by Fictionatnight on April 21, 2024

The agents Joseph Dryer, 004, and Conrad Harthrop-Vane, 000, are led by Miss Moneypenny and are assigned to root out the source of the terrorist funding. Trying to trace all the clues, the double 0’s scramble to different locations to uncover a vast money laundering scheme. Once a major sale is made......more