{"product_id":"trigger-mortis-easton-press-signed-collectors-edition","title":"Trigger Mortis (Easton Press Signed Collector's Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOROWITZ, Anthony.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTrigger Mortis.\u003c\/em\u003e Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOctavo. Full black leather. Spine with four raised bands, 22-carat gilt accents. Gilt design, lettering and fore-edges. All edges gilt. Moiré silk endpapers. Satin ribbon page marker. 310 pp. \u003cstrong\u003eSigned Collector's Edition. Part of the Easton Press Signed Modern Classics series. Signed by the author on the special signature page. Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity, edition card, and bookplate adhered to front endpaper.\u003c\/strong\u003e Originally published London: Orion Books, 2015. Fully authorised by the Ian Fleming estate and incorporating previously unpublished Ian Fleming material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnthony Horowitz (b. 1955) has occupied an unusual position in British popular fiction: a writer of genuine craft and prodigious output who moves between television, genre fiction, and literary pastiches of the most demanding kind. He created and wrote \u003cem\u003eFoyle's War\u003c\/em\u003e for ITV over sixteen years, contributed extensively to the long-running \u003cem\u003eAgatha Christie's Poirot\u003c\/em\u003e, and produced two widely praised Sherlock Holmes continuation novels — \u003cem\u003eThe House of Silk\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) — before being selected by the Ian Fleming estate to continue the James Bond series. \u003cem\u003eTrigger Mortis\u003c\/em\u003e was his first Bond novel, and was in 2022 followed by \u003cem\u003eForever and a Day\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWith a Mind to Kill\u003c\/em\u003e, completing a trilogy of continuation novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe authorisation from the Fleming estate was accompanied by access to previously unpublished material — specifically an untitled story fragment featuring Pussy Galore that Horowitz incorporated into the novel's opening. \u003cem\u003eTrigger Mortis\u003c\/em\u003e is set in the immediate aftermath of \u003cem\u003eGoldfinger\u003c\/em\u003e, with Bond and Pussy Galore still together, and takes its plot from the world of motor racing: SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, plans to sabotage a Grand Prix at the most dangerous circuit in Europe, and what begins as a straightforward mission broadens into a confrontation with the sinister Korean millionaire Jai Seong Sin and a threat to Western technological security. The title is a pun on \u003cem\u003erigor mortis\u003c\/em\u003e, as much a Flemingesque flourish as any in the original novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHorowitz's achievement in the continuation novels is to have absorbed the Fleming style — the precise sensory notation, the unapologetic pleasure in luxury and speed, the blend of Cold War anxiety and romantic escapism — while making the books readable to a contemporary audience without sanitising the original's rougher edges. Horowitz was appointed OBE in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNear fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some spotting along gilt edges; otherwise fine throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000537\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Horowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49087409717491,"sku":"1110002990625","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_15939fc3-56a9-415a-84e8-ed339bf5f7d0.png?v=1779152553","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/trigger-mortis-easton-press-signed-collectors-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}