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Quantum of Menace
The James Bond spin-off mystery series led by the Head of Q Branch himself, Major Boothroyd
Series: Q Mysteries
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Filled with wit and verve, Vaseem Khan brings his vibrant and dynamic style to this spin-off cosy crime series set in the world of James Bond. Charming, drily humorous, and intelligently crafted, Quantum of Menace, the first in the Q mystery books, will appeal to Bond...
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Quantum of Menace
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Quantum of Menace
A spin-off cosy James Bond series focusing on the character Q from the much-loved author of the Inspector Chopra series
A spin-off cosy James Bond series focusing on the character Q from the much-loved author of the Inspector Chopra series
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Filled with wit and verve, Vaseem Khan brings his vibrant and dynamic style to this spin-off cosy crime series set in the world of James Bond. Charming, drily humorous, and intelligently crafted, Quantum of Menace, the first in the Q mystery books, will appeal to Bond fans, readers of Murder Before Evensong, The Thursday Murder Club, and Slow Horses novels, and those who are looking for a new take on clever crime fiction.
'Excellent. An entertaining mash-up of Fleming, Le Carré and the best of British detective fiction' CHARLIE HIGSON
'A thrilling addition to the 007 universe... worthy of Fleming himself' THE EXPRESS
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Q is out of MI6 . . .
. . . and in over his head
After Major Boothroyd (aka Q) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6's 00 agents, he finds himself back in his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. His childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a cryptic note. The police seem uninterested, but Q feels compelled to investigate and soon discovers that Napier's ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . Can Q decode the truth behind Napier's death, even as danger closes in?
Series: Q Mysteries
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ISBN: 9781804188675
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Zaffre
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, the Baby Ganesh Agency series set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels set in 1950s Bombay. His first book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020, and is translated into 17 languages. The second in the series one a Shamus Award in the US. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House won the Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger and was shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. In 2006, he returned to the UK and joined University College London's Department of Security and Crime Science, where he has helped manage the Dawes Centre for Future Crime. In 2023, Vaseem was elected the first non-white Chair of the seventy-year-old UK Crime Writers' Association.
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