The spy who haunted me

I was a shy skinny bookish bespectacled and insecure twelve old living in the suburbs of Chicago when I first realized what I wanted to be when I grew up I wanted to be Alexander Mundy in It Takes a Thief I wanted to be James West in The Wild Wild West I wanted to be James Bond Those men had no fear They were confident in any situation and were comfortable in their own skin I think that was the biggest fantasy of all for an awkward pre teen struggling through puberty and that s what inspired You Only Live Once At age twelve I lived a life of perpetual embarrassment In hindsight that s probably how most twelve year olds feel but at the time I didn t know that So I started lifting weights I boxed I studied karate I became I was a shy skinny bookish bespectacled and insecure twelve old living in the suburbs of Chicago when I first realized what I wanted to be when I grew up I wanted to be Alexander Mundy in It Takes a Thief I wanted to be James West in The Wild Wild West I wanted to be James Bond Those men had no fear They were confident in any situation and were comfortable in their own skin I think that was the biggest fantasy of all for an awkward pre teen struggling through puberty and that s what inspired You Only Live Once At age twelve I lived a life of perpetual embarrassment In hindsight that s probably how most twelve year olds feel but at the time I didn t know that So I started lifting weights I boxed I studied karate I became a rock climber and learned to scuba dive I even studied in London for a year and traveled the world But I never did become an international super spy Instead I became a novelist a screenwriter a playwright and a WGA and BAFTA Award nominated game writer known for Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Call of Juarez Gunslinger Tom Clancy s The Division Mafia 3 and Dying Light Please connect with me on Facebook and feel free to ask me anything This is a two way conversation site_link A laugh out loud action packed thrill ride Christy Cooper Burnett author of No Way Home CIA agent Caitlyn Valentine has disappeared in London and James Flynn is sure she s in danger Of course as a heavily medicated patient in a Pasadena psychiatric hospital no one takes Flynn seriously Especially since he s convinced his locked ward is the headquarters for His Majesty s Secret Service and that he s an international superspy with a license to kill Flynn escapes and makes his way to a totally unfamiliar London with the help of his reluctant sidekick and psychiatric nurse Sancho From a luxurious private casino in Mayfair to the superyacht of a Russian oligarch to the Orient Express and the H tel de Paris in Monte Carlo Flynn follows Caitlyn s trail and stumbles upon an audacious plot that threatens every country on Earth At least that s how it seems to a man teetering between objective truth and absolute insanity The Spy Who Hated Me A James Flynn Escapade Book 5 Finished another James Flynn Escapade and wished it lasted longer The good thing is that unlike the Bond series I will not have to wait 5 years to read another adventure Like all Haris Orkin s novels this one is loaded with action and laugh out loud humour Every Flynn stories goes the extra mile They are all wilder and bigger than the one before From California to London to Paris and Scotland it is a whirlwind world hopping gun toting explosive high speed cliff hanging blockbuster movie I wish this series never ends and the Author never tires of bringing us new books starring my favourite lunatic superspy Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy OK I have to admit a certain grandiose affinity for the James Flynn books This is because I have been a lifelong long life fan of all things 007 especially the original Ian Fleming novels Apparently Haris Orkin has been as well because the detail to whom Flynn becomes what he says how he acts and what he likes shaken and not stirred of course delves deep into the Bond nuances These inside winks are delicious and if some of these are missed I m sure I missed a few it does not detract from the fun of the twisty turns plot and the way that Flynn s delusion does not hinder but helps his cause. The spy who haunted me This one has to do with CIA agent Caitlyn Valentine s the spy who hates him disappearance in London James Flynn is sure she s in danger and off he goes to the mother land The Spy Who Hated Me is a tasty spoof and thriller rolled into one Give it a shot Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy An uproarious spy spoof that may be Orkin s most cinematic mission yet Since the debut of the wildly funny You Only Live Once the first book in Haris Orkin s James Bond satire series Orkin has been far prolific than the material that originally inspired him The latest installment in Orkin s James Flynn Escapade series The Spy Who Hated Me is Orkin s fifth since the last Bond franchise movie was released The new book once again finds the double 0 operative residing at Pasadena s City of Roses Psychiatric Institute which he believes to be a satellite branch of Her Majesty s Secret Service In Flynn s mind whatever psychological disorders he suffers from are just part of his cover story which makes for multiple cringe worthy and therefore hilarious situations But in a move that will surely delight Orkin s fan base Flynn manages to get to London where he s fitted for a smart suit on Saville Row before heading to MI6 headquarters He also manages to ride on the Orient Express and board a villain s Yacht en route to making all kinds of world threatening mischief The caper is triggered by the disappearance of CIA agent Caitlyn Valentine As usual Orkin is accompanied by psychiatric nurse Sancho on the mission Series readers may recall that Flynn nearly lost Sancho for good in LIcense to Die Fortunately Sancho is back and loyal as ever but that doesn t mean his character arc is finished While his job is to keep Flynn out of danger as much as anyone possibly can he also finds that he has much to learn about life outside California Among them are the realities of life abroad such as British fondness for room temperature beer while figuring out how he ll get Flynn home Along the way he finds himself in a few cultural situations where Flynn becomes the teacher not the pupil Orkin s antagonist a Russian oligarch and former GRU member named Ivanov is a composite of cold war Bond villains He has his hand in virtually every imaginable industry and the magical ability to construct vast criminal facilities without drawing suspicion from authorities His wife Anya is a former Russian pop star and Playboy model The gambling scenes featuring both Flynn and Ivanov in Monte Carlo make for high stress high payoff comedy in which Flynn s ludicrous gamble is rewarded with praise by Anya I like a man with nerves of steel Orkin reveals in the Acknowledgements that the series has been optioned by an entertainment group If they were to make just one Flynn series book into a feature The Spy Who Hated Me with its picturesque settings and perfect hero sidekick chemistry might just be our pick Highly recommended Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy I received an advance copy in return for an honest review Honestly this is the best yet of a fantastic series Never a dull moment Never a misplaced or missing plot point Good fun all the way through I cannot recommend this series and this book enough Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy In 1962 Ian Fleming went a little crazy in his ninth James Bond novel The Spy Who Loved Me when he gave readers different characters plot and structure than they were used to Over six decades later Haris Orkin pays homage to that crazy with The Spy Who Hated Me. The spy who haunted me Orkin s latest book takes readers on a whirlwind adventure through the eyes of James Flynn a psychiatric patient convinced he s a secret agent Unsuccessfully mending from a broken heart after a fleeting romance with a CIA agent Flynn escapes to London in the hopes of winning her back Instead he finds himself in an unfamiliar city unraveling a diabolical conspiracy that may involve his lost love With his trademark wit and suspense Orkin s latest novel is a tsunami of wackiness Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy

The Spy Who Hated Me (A James Flynn Escapade Book 5) By Haris Orkin

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Great story my favorite in the series so far Lots of laugh out loud moments Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy I Love FlynnI ve read all the James Flynn novels they are awesome and so entertaining Big thank you hugs to Haris keep writing Cheers Fiction Thriller Humor and Comedy.