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Charlie Higson
Young Bond: Hurricane Gold
Puffin (368 pages) 9780141383910
I heard Charlie Higson say that when he was considering writing these books of the boyhood of Bond he thought of a new boy in a school, when surname use was commonplace, asked his name by a master. The obvious response would be, 'Bond, Sir, James Bond', and things began to fall into place. The great appeal of the books and the eager way each new one is anticipated shows that they fell into place very well indeed. In this fourth adventure, with one more to come, part of the setting is a Caribbean island where criminals can find refuge. In Mexico, where James is staying, the activities of a gang of thieves lead to a gripping trail in the jungle: danger looms, dread fates seem unavoidable, and suspense is brilliantly built and maintained.