The strong plot in the first half of the book is very enjoyable but loses it in a bizarre second half. I enjoyed it very much even though

Licensed Renewed updates the Bond to the 1980s. The author accomplishes this task seamlessly, finds his own voice, and does not attempt to write it as Fleming

Vera Atkins was brilliant & effective. She fought in the SOE, answering to Churchill at great peril. Fleming based Ms. Moneypenny on her