The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling

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{{Infobox book

| name = The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling

| title_orig =

| translator =

| image = The Moneypenny Diaries Final Fling.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Samantha Weinberg
as "Kate Westbrook"

| illustrator = Unknown

| cover_artist = Stina Perrson

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = James Bond

| genre = Spy novel

| publisher = John Murray

| release_date = 1 May 2008

| media_type = Unknown

| pages = Unknown

| isbn = 978-0-7195-6780-3

| oclc= 191243512

| preceded_by = Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries

| followed_by =

}}

The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling{{cite web|url=http://theliterary007.blogspot.com/2007/05/moneypenny-takes-final-fling.html |title=Moneypenny takes a 'Final Fling' |work=The Literary 007 |accessdate=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130070925/http://theliterary007.blogspot.com/2007/05/moneypenny-takes-final-fling.html |archivedate=November 30, 2007 }} is the third in a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor". The novel was published by John Murray publishers on May 1, 2008 in the UK in hardcover followed by the paperback on October 30, 2008.{{cite web | url = http://commanderbond.net/article/4307 | title = 'The Moneypenny Diaries' Vol. 3 Release Dates | work = The Moneypenny Diaries: Book 3 Release date | accessdate = May 22, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070620152015/http://commanderbond.net/article/4307 | archivedate = June 20, 2007 }} As with the second volume, no North American release has been announced as of May 2009.

Plot introduction

From saving spies to private passions, this book covers the secret adventures of James Bond's right-hand woman. Jane Moneypenny may project a cool, calm and collected image but her secret diaries reveal a rather different story. Kate Westbrook is trying to publish Miss Moneypenny's diaries, but everyone she speaks to about them is trying to stop her. Whilst in consultation with Tanner it is hinted to Westbrook that her aunt was murdered because she was searching too hard for the MI6 mole.{{cite web | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/interview_samantha_weinberg2b.php3?t=&s= | title = MI6.co.uk - Samantha Weinberg Interview | work = The Moneypenny Diaries: Plot Summary | accessdate = March 15, 2007}}

Locations for this final adventure include Jamaica, the Outer Hebrides, Cambridge, and London. The storyline is almost evenly divided between the adventures of Miss Moneypenny and the modern adventures of author "Kate Westbrook."{{cite web|url=http://theliterary007.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-details-of-miss-moneypennys-final.html |title=More details of Moneypenny's 'Final Fling' |work=The Literary 007 |accessdate=September 3, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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