The Man with the Golden Compass

The exciting new cosy mystery featuring the former head of MI6's Q Branch, Major Boothroyd, from the James Bond universe. 'A FIVE-STAR BONDVERSE MYSTERY' JANICE HALLETT 'COMPELLING, TIMELY AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY' CLARE MACKINTOSH Dismissed from MI6's Q Branch where he developed weapons and field technology, Q has found a new lease of life as an amateur detective in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. Fresh from successfully solving the murder of his childhood friend, Q is now hired as a civilian contractor by the police to re-examine the unsolved murder of Lawrence Noble, a tech millionaire turned online antique dealer. Why was Noble tortured before his death? What is the significance of the circular golden object inscribed with mysterious runes found by his body? 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 . . . 'SMART AND STYLISH ... WILL DELIGHT BOND AND CHRISTIE FANS ALIKE' TOM HINDLE 'PAY ATTENTION, THRILLER FANS ... HUGELY ENTERTAINING' SARAH HILARY