Book description
Enter Olivia Joules: fearless, dazzling, independent beauty-journalist
turned master-spy - a new heroine for the twenty-first century. In Miami
for a face-cream launch, she spots Pierre Ferramo across a room.
Dangerously charismatic and undeniably gorgeous, with impeccable taste,
unimaginable wealth and exotic international homes, he seems almost too
good to be true. But what if Ferramo is actually a major terrorist bent
on destruction, hiding behind a smokescreen of fine wines, yachts and
actresses slash models? Or is it all just a product of Olivia’s
overactive imagination?
From the white heat of Miami to the implants of LA, the glittering
waters of the Caribbean to the deserts of Arabia, Olivia Joules pits
herself against the forces of terror armed with a hatpin, razor-sharp
wits and a very special underwired bra. Helen Fielding has written a
contemporary and utterly unputdownable thriller de luxe.
‘A Bond-style romp. The thrills come thick and fast. Olivia is entirely
successful as a heroine because she is witty, kind, entertaining,
occasionally accident-prone, and has Bridget’s warm intelligence and
humorous insight in spades’ Wendy Holden, Literary Review
‘Shimmers and glares with wit, sophistication and humanity. Hurrah for
Fielding!’ Helen Brown, Independent on Sunday
Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire. She has written three previous
novels: Cause Celeb
(1994) Bridget Jones’s Diary
(1996) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
(1999) and co-wrote the screenplays for the movie of Bridget Jones’s Diary
and the forthcoming sequel based on The Edge of Reason
. She now works full-time as a novelist and screenwriter and lives in
London and Los Angeles.
