The Man with the Golden Gun (Ian Fleming)

A brainwashed James Bond has tried - and failed - to assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly free-lance hit-men in the world - one Paco Pistols Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun. But despite his licence to kill, 007 is no assassin, and, on finding the Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica, he decides to infiltrate the killers criminal co-operative - and realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible - or 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers that the Man with the Golden Gun has retired .