Goldfinger starts off with James Bond changing planes in Miami on his way back to England, and running into someone he knows. He is asked to do a favor for a friend, Junius DuPont, who would like Bond to find out if his card-playing opponent, Auric Goldfinger, is cheating him at Canasta. After a short investigation, Bond discovers that Goldfinger is, in fact, cheating, and forces Goldfinger to return the money he had taken from DuPont.
When he finally completes his journey and returns to England, M requests Bond to find out how Goldfinger is smuggling gold out of England. Bond follows Goldfinger, and discovers how he manages it, but then is captured and tortured by Oddjob, Goldfingers factotum. To avoid death, Bond suggests he work for Goldfinger, and Goldfinger accepts this.
Bond then discovers that Goldfinger is planning to rob Fort Knox, in the United States, and steal the gold. But to do this, Goldfinger is going to kill most of the inhabitants of the town, by poisoning the water supply. Bond attempts to prevent this.
After watching the James Bond movies, which I enjoyed, I started to read the James Bond stories three or four years ago. I read a couple that I found at a library sale, and always intended to read more. I bought several more over the years, but never seemed to get to them. But when I joined the Mt. TBR Reading Challenge I decided to make more of an effort.
This is part of my Mt. TBR Challenge
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