All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye

As a teenager Jane Bell had dreamt of playing in the casinos of Monte Carlo in the company of James Bond, but in her punk phase shed got herself pregnant and by the time she reaches fortysix shes a grandmother, her dreams as dry as the dust her Dyson sucks up from her hall carpet every day. Then her son Ross, a researcher working for an arms manufacturer in Switzerland, is forced to disappear before some characters cut from the same cloth as Blofeld persuade him to part with the secrets of his research. But they are not the only ones desperate to locate him. A team of security experts is hired by Rosss firm: headed by the enigmatic Bett, his staff have little in common apart from total professionalism and a thorough disregard for the law. Bett believes the key to Rosss whereabouts is his mother, and in one respect he is right, but even he is taken aback by the verve underlying her determination to secure her sons safety as she learns the black arts of quiet subterfuge and violent attack. The teenage dreams of fast cars, hightech firepower and extreme action had always promised to be fun and games, but in real life its likely someone is going to lose an eye ...