Bond investigates the activities of Auric Goldfinger, a gold smuggler whom M suspects of being connected to SMERSH and financing their western networks with his gold. Bond is captured by Goldfinger and forced to work as a secretary to oversee "Operation Grand Slam", the stealing of the United States gold reserves from Fort Knox. Bond manages to alert the US authorities through his friend, Felix Leiter, and the plot is foiled.

He will admit, however, that he is a big Bond fan. “Yeah. I love the movies. I’ve read all the books.” You’ve read all the books? “Yeah.” From what age? “Early teens, I think.”