Ian Fleming

Two children persuade their inventor father to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.

Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. Set in London, the United States and Jamaica, it was first published in 1954. Fleming wrote the novel at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica before his first book, Casino Royale, was published; much of the background came from Fleming's travel in the U.S. and knowledge of Jamaica. The story centres on Bond's pursuit of "Mr Big," a criminal with links to the American criminal...

From Russia, with Love is the fifth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story in early 1956 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica; at the time he thought it might be his final Bond book. The novel was first published on 8 April 1957. The story centres on a plot by SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, to assassinate Bond in such a way as to discredit both...

British secret agent James Bond assumes the identity of a captured courier and solicits the help of gorgeous Tiffany Case, the diamond smugglers' American go-between.

FOUR TALES OF INTRIGUE THAT PUSH 007 TO THE LIMIT In “Octopussy,” a former operative in the Second World War must face the consequences of past sins when James Bond knocks on the door of his Caribbean fortress, and in “The Property of a Lady” Bond deciphers the elaborate codes of a Sotheby's bidding war in order to catch a KGB agent. “007 in New York” takes Bond to the titular city to warn an ex-agent of her boyfriend's secret KGB affiliation....

British secret agent James Bond takes on "Le Chiffre", a lethal Soviet operative with a weakness for gambling. Bond's mission is to bankrupt Le Chiffre at the baccarat table so Moscow will kill him to avoid further embarassment.

JAMES BOND IS HOT ON THE TRAIL OF TWO STOLEN ATOM BOMBS Upon M's insistence, James Bond takes a two-week respite in a secluded natural health spa. But amid the bland teas and tasteless yogurts Bond stumbles onto the trail of a lethal man with ties to a new secret organization called SPECTRE. When SPECTRE hijacks two A-bombs, a frantic global search for the weapons ensues, and M's hunch that the plane containing the bombs will make a clean drop into...

You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. It was first published in 1964. It was the last Fleming novel published in his lifetime. It is the concluding chapter in what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy," following after Thunderball and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The story starts eight months after the murder of Tracy Bond, which occurred at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. James Bond is...

Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.