Live and Let Die
by Ian Fleming
Her hair was black and she fell on her shoulders. She had high cheekbones and a sensual mouth, and wore a white silk dress. Her eyes were blue, open, and condescending, but when they looked at her with a touch of humor, Bond realized they contained a message. Solitaire watched her with her eyes and carelessly brought her forearms together so that the valley between her breasts deepened. The message was clear. Beautiful, prophetic solitaire is the prisoner (and instrument) of Mr. Big - a master of fear, a criminal artist, and a baron of voodoo death. James Bond doesn't have time for superstition – he knows that this criminal heavyweight attacker is also a high-level SMERSH agent and a real threat. Moreover, after following him from Harlem's jazz joints to the Everglades and the Caribbean, 007 realized that Big was one of the most dangerous men he had ever met. And no one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how the wars of willpower will end ...