For Special Services
(Part of the James Bond - Extended Series (#20) Series and John Gardner's Bond (#2) Series)
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Book Overview
Bond teams up with CIA agent Cedar Leiter, daughter of his old friend Felix Leiter, to investigate Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected of reviving the notorious criminal organisation SPECTRE. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:069811163X
ISBN13:9780698111639
Release Date:January 1982
Publisher:Coward McCann
Length:298 Pages
Weight:1.07 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
For Special Services returns a well known villian, SPECTRE!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is without a doubt Gardner's finest work. SPECTRE has returned under the leadership of Nena Blofeld. Markus Bismaquer is a formidable villian and Cedar Leiter shines as a bond girl. What can anyone find wrong with this book? It is a masterpiece!
GREAT-One of the best Bond books ever!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
After reading Ian Fleming's Bond Books and Raymond Benson's novelizations of the movies, this almost top it all. SPECTRE is brought back into play after almost 30 years of absence. Gardner does an exquisite job of re-creating Ian Fleming's style. Plus a great twist at the ending. This should be a movie. The only problem was the SAAB, who drives a Saab?
Second Time Makes For Great Bond
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
"For Special Services", John Gardner's second James Bond novel, improves on the first as he builds a tale of mystery and almost constant suspense. This time, Bond is teamed with Felix Leiter's daughter Cedar to find out more about the return of SPECTRE. More fleshed-out villains, a great Bond girl (who Bond can't go after due to her father), and exciting, suspenseful writing make one realize how underrated Gardner's books are. One of his best.
BEST JOHN GARDENER BOOK IVE EVER READ
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The Plot was great and the characters made the action filled book believable. I recomend A+++++!
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