Having finished the eight books required for the Vintage Mystery Challenge 2013, I've decided to continue and complete the next level, and read 16 this year. This is number 9.
This book was published in 1954, and was the second of the James Bond novels. Gold coins are being smuggled into the United States, and Bond is sent to America to find out who is doing this. He finds out that Mr. Big, a criminal mastermind, is behind the smuggling, and is working for SMERSH, the Russian Spy organization. Mr. Big is also involved in Voodoo, which helps keep Mr. Big in power.
This is a classic Bond book, that involves danger, women, drinking and traveling around the world.
There is a lot of racism and sexism in this story, but it is typical of the attitude at the time this was written. It can be a little jarring in the present day to see it in the story, with stereotypical descriptions of both people of color and women. It is amusing, however, to see what was considered a considerable fortune at the time this story was written, and compare it to the value of that amount today!
I enjoyed the story, and would recommend it to anyone who can deal with the racism and sexism that was in existence at the time this story was written.
This book fulfills requirement #27 Psychic Phenomena in the Vintage Mystery Challenge 2013.
This also fulfills the 2013 A to Z challenge. Author--F
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