In The Year 2025…!

…If Man is Still Alive…!

No, wait!…That was a lyric from “In the Year 2525,” the 1969 hit song by Zager and Evans!

Rest assured, we’ll still be here in 2025. And Raymond will be, too.

Raymond has been busy doing several projects… some ghostwriting, mostly, and unfortunately he can’t talk about that. For now, though, here is a reminder of the latest works that have made some splashes over the last year or two…

James Bond: The Raymond Benson Years an e-book anthology that contains all six of Raymond’s original James Bond novels. These books were originally published between 1997 and 2002 and are now collected together in digital form for the first time and at a nice price.

You get: ZERO MINUS TEN, THE FACTS OF DEATH, HIGH TIME TO KILL, DOUBLESHOT, NEVER DREAM OF DYING, and THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO.

Published by Ian Fleming Publications, the e-book can be found at most retail outlets, but you can order it here from the James Bond Books page! (And you can read about Ian Fleming Publications’ recent publication news here.

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Also available are the recent publications:

Zero Minus Ten, Raymond’s first James Bond novel (originally published in 1997), was reprinted in the UK in October 2023 from Ian Fleming Publications, with a new Introduction by Raymond himself and a new cover.

The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way, published in October 2022 from Beaufort Books. It won the IPPY Gold (1st Place) Award in the Mystery Category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, it was a Traditional Fiction finalist in Chicago Writers Association’s Book of the Year Awards, and it was a SHELF UNBOUND 2022 Best Indie Book Finalist and Notable Indie! The e-book edition is occasionally on sale at a nice price.

Raymond is a contributor to Brutal & Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello, an anthology published by Down and Out Books in December 2023. The collection, edited by Jim Fusilli, features a track listing of many outstanding crime writers. Raymond’s tale, “The Beat,” is a meditation on Costello’s tune of the same name from his 1978 album, This Year’s Model.

Order “Zero Minus Ten” from the James Bond Books page!

Order “The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way,” and “Brutal & Strange” from the Fiction/Non-Fiction page (scroll to the bottom of the page for the short story collections)!

Subscribe to Raymond’s YouTube Channel to see and hear his eclectic repertoire of 100+ classic rock, movie music, and original compositions on piano!

OF COURSE, many of Raymond’s previous books go on sale as e-books at various times. It’s always best to follow Raymond’s Facebook and Twitter posts to take advantage of these sales. PLEASE NOTE THE FACEBOOK FEED ON THE HOME PAGE FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES!

In the meantime, his recent novels like BLUES IN THE DARK, IN THE HUSH OF THE NIGHT, THE SECRETS ON CHICORY LANE, HOTEL DESTINY: A GHOST NOIR, and the five-book serial, THE BLACK STILETTO, are all still available. Find them on the Books pages (James Bond; The Black Stiletto; Fiction & Non-Fiction; Tie-Ins)!

RAYMOND HOPES 2025 WILL BRING EVERYONE GOOD FORTUNE!