Still, since the investigation appears to be a dead end, he is allowed to have a look. Naturally, when 007 shows up on scene he is met with polite resistance. If an agent from MI6 can show up the officers from SHAPE by cracking the case and eliminating the threat, it will deal a crucial blow against them and prove MI6’s worth. SHAPE and MI6 have been having a sort of Cold War over whose purpose is more relevant to the world at large. When a dispatcher for SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) is killed during a run on his motorcycle, M dispatches James Bond (who happened to be nearby in Paris) to assist the investigation. Like all short story collections the quality varies from story to story, so let’s take a look at this collection a bit more closely, shall we? “From a View to a Kill” Elements of the stories were adapted for the film franchise, but in Frankenstein-like patches that were cobbled together. Unlike the previous James Bond books by Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only is a collection of five short stories, not a single adventure (two of the stories, “Quantum of Solace” and “The Hildebrand Rarity” had been previously published in Cosmopolitan and Playboy, respectively). "The Hildebrand Rarity.“Never send a man where you can send a bullet.” Whether he’s dealing with the assassination of a Cuban thug in America, the destruction of an international heroin ring, or sudden death in the Seychelles, Bond gets the job done. When 007 is on the case there’s only one thing you can be sure of, that the result will be thrilling. Here we find sudden emergencies and beautiful girls who aren’t quite what they seem - the stock-in-trade of James Bond. You’re wanted at the office.’ She added under her breath: ‘Crash dive." What damnable luck! Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. She was coming to meet someone-her lover.
Now this sounds interesting: "Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. Librarian's note: this entry relates to the collection of short stories under the title of "For Your Eyes Only." The individual stories can be found elsewhere.
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