Review: Nobody Does it Better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
I'm a huge Bond fan and World War 2 buff, so in many ways this was a perfect book for me. Fortunately, I was not disappointed. Damian Stevenson has written a meticulously detailed historical novel with a twist - he has used a pop culture icon as his protagonist. Somehow he manages to pull it off. It's Bond versus Nazis!! The story reads like a Bond book, but is gritty and realistic. Even if you are not a 007 buff this is a total page turner for anyone who likes to get lost in a magical story. Stevenson's descriptions of time and place are vivid and compelling. I loved all the Nazis and French Resistance characters and the women are all smart, sexy and not to be messed with! In many ways, this reads a lot like a movie but an intelligent, thoughtful piece of entertainment. Perhaps `The Fleming Files' will be a parallel franchise to the incredibly successful one that Ian Fleming himself created in 1953 with the publication of `Casino Royale.'