Toddy Kent was born with a 'gizmo' in his head--talent for finding easy money--but when Toddy's gift deserts him and he finds his wife murdered, he goes on the run from a sinister man and his hymn-singing doberman

When Lady Dalrymple, Penelope Coombs great-aunt, accepts an invitation to Lord Weston's prestigious house party, Penny is most displeased. She was slighted by the Earl of Rushford during her season and has no wish to repeat the experience. Lord Weston, who secretly works for the British government, is searching for the traitor who is smuggling gold to France. He suspects the villain is masquerading as a pilot with a traveling air balloon party, so Edward invites the balloonists to his home in order to investigate his suspicions. Penny is almost abducted on her ride over to Upton Court and this is only the beginning of a series of ever more alarming events. James Weston, Edward's cousin is always there to offer her support and comfort. Will the handsome Frenchman, Count Everex, evade capture or will he succeed in his nefarious plans?

A suave secret agent, a gold-obsessed villain, and the most daring heist of all--to steal all the gold in Fort Knox James Bond has faced his fair share of villains bent on world destruction or domination, but now he is challenged by a maniacal superfiend: the world's cleverest, cruelest criminal. Auric Goldfinger likes everything in gold--from his money to his women. When Bond is assigned to put a stop to Goldfinger's gold-smuggling operation, before long a beautiful golden girl turns up dead and a friendly game of two-handed canasta turns into a deadly game of survival with ever-rising stakes--15 billion dollars' worth of US government bullion. But 007 knows that Auric Goldfinger's rules remain brutally simple: heads I win, tails you die. One of Ian Fleming's most popular Bond adventures, this thrilling tale of action and espionage is the basis for one of the most beloved Bond films starring Sean Connery.

James Bond risks his life to stop criminal mastermind Auric Goldfinger's daring plot to steal all the gold from Fort Knox, embarking on a perilous quest across two continents and taking on the vicious assassin Oddjob and gorgeous female crime boss Pussy Galore. Reprint.

Captain Jack Vespa discovers that the man whom he had thought was his father had been an imposter, a fortune-hunting villain, and embarks on a quest to find his true father