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<p><b>The exciting new cosy mystery featuring the former head of MI6's Q Branch, Major Boothroyd, from the James Bond universe.<br></b><br><b>'A FIVE-STAR BONDVERSE MYSTERY' JANICE HALLETT<br><br>'COMPELLING, TIMELY AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY' CLARE MACKINTOSH<br><br></b>Dismissed from MI6's Q Branch where he developed weapons and field technology, Major Boothroyd (aka 'Q') has found a new lease of life as an amateur detective in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water.<br><br>Fresh from successfully solving the murder of his childhood friend, Q is now hired by the police to re-examine the unsolved murder of Lawrence Noble, a tech millionaire turned online antique dealer.<br><br>Why was Noble tortured before his death? What is the significance of the circular golden object inscribed with mysterious runes found by his body?<br><br>As Q investigates, danger stalks those around him, and he soon finds himself dragged into a chilling conspiracy where past and present meet in a way he could not possibly have imagined . . .<br><br><b>'SMART AND STYLISH ... WILL DELIGHT BOND AND CHRISTIE FANS ALIKE' TOM HINDLE</b> <br> <b><br>'PAY ATTENTION, THRILLER FANS ... HUGELY ENTERTAINING' SARAH HILARY</b></p>