The book of the episode - bizarre season two cheat, 'Mouth of the Snake', which was actually a test run for a new series and not Knight Rider at all - plus part of an unfilmed/cannibalised script 'All That Glitters'. This story actually comes before 'Mirror Image' (or 'Goliath') but as Hill likes to dump great paragraphs of introductory and expository detail in the middle of the action, it doesn't really matter which order the books are read in.

When Michael and KITT appear, they are great - unfortunately, they tend to take a back seat throughout to David Dalton, an enigmatic, Zen-like caricature with exaggerated acrobatic skills and the obligatory shady past, and widowed socialite Joanna St John, who would be a decent leading lady if she wasn't being pushed together with Dalton. The death of St John's husband is what gets Michael and KITT involved, and thrown in with David and Joanna. The villain is a Bond reject and all the women are long-legged stunners, which gets a bit tedious this side of 1985, but it's a short, fun story for all that. Could have done with a little more Michael and KITT, though! What other reason is there for reading a novelisation of the TV series? ( )