CARTE BLANCHE plot teaser reclassified

The intriguing Carte Blanche plot teaser that appeared on the website of U.S. publisher Simon & Schuster and Amazon has been removed and replaced with this:

Jeffery Deaver has been selected by Ian Fleming Publications to write the new James Bond thriller that will publish on June 14th. The plot of the new novel—which features a contemporary setting and brings Fleming's legendary 007 character firmly into the modern age—is being kept tightly under wraps until publication. Stay tuned…

I don't think there's anything to read into this. I expect it was the case that IFP hadn't yet coordinated with all their publishers to hold back on plot blurbs until publication. Now they have. But from the small preview we got, I liked what I read. :)

Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver will be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK on May 26, 2011 and by Simon & Schuster in the U.S. on June 14, 2011.