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Sep 6, 1955 — —· 70 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · ADVENTURE

Raymond Benson

Also known as: Raymond Benson., Benson, Raymond

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Raymond Benson is the author of over forty published books, including The Mad, Mad Murders Of Marigold Way (winner of the IPPY Gold Medal in Mystery, 2022), Blues in the Dark (2019), In The Hush of the Night (2018) and The Secrets on Chicory Lane (2017). Raymond is most well-known for being the third—and first American—author to be commissioned to write James Bond continuation novels. Six original works and three movie novelizations were published worldwide between 1997-2002. His debut 007 novel, Zero Minus Ten, is being reprinted in the UK in 2023. Raymond’s book The James Bond Bedside Companion, first published in 1984, was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America for Best Biographical/Critical Work. His most recent work in the Bond Universe is the first-ever Felix Leiter novel, The Hook and the Eye (2025).

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Hitman

2006

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Crime reporter Howie Carr takes us into the heart of the life of Johnny Martorano. For two decades, Martorano struck fear into anyone even remotely connected to his world. His partnership with Whitey Bulger and the infamous Winter Hill Gang led to twenty murders--for which Johnny would serve twelve years in prison. Carr also looks at the politicians and FBI agents who aided Johnny and Whitey, and at the flamboyant city of Boston, which Martorano so ruthlessly ruled. A plethora of paradoxes, Johnny Martorano was Mr. Mom by day and man-about-town by night. Surrounded by fast-living politicians, sports celebrities, and showbiz entertainers, Johnny was charismatically colorful--as charming as he was frightening. After all, he was, in the end, a hitman.--From publisher description.

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The World Is Not Enough (James Bond)

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James Bond is sent to protect the daughter of a murdered man from a cruel and cunning terrorist who once before attempted to kidnap her.

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A Hard Day's Death

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When aging rock star Peter Flame is murdered after his latest concert, Spike Berenger, the owner of Rockin' Security, uses his industry connections to catch the killer.

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