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Quantum of Menace
Q Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Vaseem Khan
- Narrator
- Alexander Armstrong
- Publisher
- Zaffre
- Publish Date
- 23 October 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
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 Double O agents, he is adrift, unsure of his place in a world where the stakes aren't always life or death. But when he learns that his childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, Q is drawn back to his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water.
Frustrated by the police, who consider the case closed, Q is compelled to investigate, starting with a cryptic note Napier sent him on the day of his death. Q soon discovers that Napier's ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . but can he decode the truth before danger closes in?
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 3.0
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5.0 3.0
Though the book starts slow, perhaps partly because the narrator is too slow (I sped him up to 1.2 and found it much more enjoyable), it becomes a “page-turner”, with a nice amount of amusing wit thrown into a well-plotted mystery. I was a James Bond fan (the books, and less so the movies) as a kid, and so I enjoyed the idea of bringing these characters back to life. (Given that Bond was probably in his mid-30s in the first book, Casino Royale, which took place in the 1950s, you do have to suspend your disbelief in the matter of the timeline.) Khan is clearly a Bond fan, and it adds to the fun, though I don’t think it is essential to enjoy the book. The narrator sped up was OK, but nothing outstanding.
debbyk 2026-01-31
Details
- Author
- Vaseem Khan
- Narrator
- Alexander Armstrong
- Duration
- 11 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781785123849
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Zaffre
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Espionage and spy thriller
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
This audiobook is narrated by TV's Alexander Armstrong.Q is out of MI6 . . .. . . and in over his headAfter Major Boothroyd (aka Q) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6's Double O agents, he is adrift, unsure of his place in a world where the stakes aren't always life or death. But when he learns that his childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, Q is drawn back to his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. Frustrated by the police, who consider the case closed, Q is compelled to investigate, starting with a cryptic note Napier sent him on the day of his death. Q soon discovers that Napier's ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces . . . but can he decode the truth before danger closes in?
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