Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming (James Bond)

As Bond-villain plots go, this is a clever one...There are more than enough pleasures for even the strictest Bond aficionado in Trigger Mortis.

The heart of any good thriller is the plot, and...Horowitz doesn't disappoint. The action moves with high velocity.... [and] stays true to the Bond of Fleming's books.

Horowitz...delivers the tersely precise prose that makes Bond so compelling, but more than that, he also supplies touches of Fleming's cruel poetry...A brisk and effective ride.

Great fun...[for] readers who can't get enough of James Bond at his coolest and suave-est.

A humdinger of a Bond story, so cunningly crafted and thrillingly paced that 007's creator would have been happy to have owned it...From his brilliant first chapter on, Horowitz is a pitch-perfect mimic of the Fleming one-line punch....He even gets the cliches spot on.

Trigger Mortis fits seamlessly among the original Cold War-era gems...Bona fide Bond in every way.

Impressive...The sturdy plot involves a suitably diabolical and grandiose scheme. An excellent mimic of Fleming's prose, Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans.

Actor David Oyelowo brings a magical performance rich with gravitas to this James Bond audiobook. His accents are excellent, and the characters are an extremely varied lot: A Korean psychopath, a Russian race-car driver, Americans, and, of course, the British Bond-James Bond. But Oyelowo goes further, shifting from methodical pacing to heart-pounding, breathless descriptions at just the right moments.