Tell me it isn't so, Jeffery Deaver…

By now I suspect that many Jeffery Deaver fans know he has gone over to "the dark side."  Either he's an Ian Fleming wannabe, is tired of Lincoln Rhyme, has run out of ideas to write about, or was enticed by a multi-million dollar contract, but his new 007 adventure Carte Blanche has been released.  Too bad.  Even Jeffery Deaver can't haul me kicking and screaming back to 007.

Now, don't get me wrong—writers pick up famous series and do marvelous things with the settings and characters that...