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HarperCollins Publishers acquire licence to thrill with a fully authorised new James Bond trilogy from Kim Sherwood, featuring the next generation of Double O agents. HarperCollins Publishers have acquired the UK & Commonwealth and US & Canadian rights to three contemporary thrillers by Kim Sherwood set in the world of James Bond that feature a new raft of Double O agents for the 21st century. The deal was negotiated by Kathryn Cheshire in the UK and David Highfill at William Morrow in the US, with Jonny Geller and Viola Hayden of Curtis Brown, on behalf of Ian Fleming Publications Limited. Kim Sherwood is represented by Susan Armstrong at C&W Agency. |
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James Bond is missing,
presumed captured or even killed. All of Bond’s contemporaries are gone
and a new generation of Double O agents has been recruited to replace them
and battle a global threat. At the same time, M and Moneypenny are
searching for a mole in MI6. Will the truth be uncovered in time – or is
this the end of the Double O section? |
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The author herself has a family connection to 007. Sherwood’s grandfather was the actor George Baker (1931-2011), who played Sir Hilary Bray in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) [and dubbed George Lazenby in those scenes where James Bond was impersonating Sir Hilary Bray]. Along with many other actors, George Baker was considered for the role of James Bond which ultimately went to Sean Connery in 1961. Baker returned to the series once again to play Captain Benson in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), this time opposite Roger Moore as James Bond. |
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