Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming (AUDIO)

A beautifully written homage to Fleming, fast paced and full of interesting detail.  Devil May Care is set in the period between the murder of Tracy and Bond's return to service and revenge in You Only Live Twice.  Faulks give as brilliant portrayal of the sixties and a fascinating insight into Bond's mind as well as a top notch story in the best tradition, drugs, beautiful imperilled girls, travel and a twisted evil genius charismatic villain. 

The Girl at the Lion D'Or by Sebastian Faulks

A beautifully understated book, one reviewer described it as being like a Vermeer and it is very painterly with carefully deliniated characters.  The scene is the small French village of Janvilliers, the time between the First and Second World Wars, and a young girl Anne come to take up the post of waitress at the hotel Lion D'Or traumatised by a loss unidentified until later on in the narrative but inextricably linked to the horrors of World War I and the slaughter of Verdun.  She becomes drawn to Hartmann, recently married veteran living in his father's old manor house outside the town, and a gentle drama is drawn out backlit by the drama of France's road to Vichy and World War II, the quiet suffering of the millions of men that did make it back from the front and the memory of those who did not.