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| Author | Raymond Benson |
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| Language | English |
| Series | James Bond |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 6 May 1999 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-340-73876-6 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 40681844 |
| Preceded by | Midsummer Night's Doom |
| Followed by | The World Is Not Enough |
High Time to Kill, published in 1999, is the fourth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Benson's novelization of Tomorrow Never Dies). This is the first James Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose Publications). It was published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam. The novel's working title was A Better Way to Die.[1]