Carte blanche the new james bond novel jim menick updated apr 06 2020 jeffery deaver reboots the james bond franchise keeping all the adventure the romance and of course the license to kill. Carte blanche is a james bond novel written by jeffery deaver commissioned by ian fleming publications it was published in the united kingdom by hodder stoughton on 26 may 2011 and was released in the united states by simon schuster on 14 june 2011 carte blanche is the thirty seventh original james bond novel and the first to have a contemporary setting since the man with the red tattoo . Jeffery deaver understands this and gives readers plenty of the above in carte blanche his new bond novel in fact he follows this classic bond scenario so closely that the reboot updating the character aspects of the book much touted in the press dont really register all that much which isnt necessarily a bad thing. Jeffery deaver understands this and gives readers plenty of the above in carte blanche his new bond novel in fact he follows this classic bond scenario so closely that the reboot updating the character aspects of the book much touted in the press dont really register all that much which isnt necessarily a bad thing mr deaver was hired to produce an entertaining james bond novel