Diamonds Are Forever characters

Also known as Peter Franks

First appears in chapter 2

A British Secret Service agent assigned to enter an international diamond-smuggling route under the identity of a courier. He must carry illicit stones from London to New York and follow the organization far enough to identify the people controlling it.

First appears in chapter 2

The head of the British Secret Service and Bond's superior. He assigns Bond to investigate why diamonds mined in British territory are being diverted into a criminal pipeline instead of reaching the legitimate market.

First appears in chapter 2

Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard and an experienced police contact of the Secret Service. He briefs Bond on the British end of the diamond traffic and helps arrange the identity needed to enter it.

First appears in chapter 5

An American woman working as the London contact for the diamond pipeline. Cool, guarded, and alert to danger, she instructs Bond in his courier role while keeping her employers and her own sympathies hidden.

First appears in chapter 8

A small, sharply dressed American who receives Bond on behalf of the smuggling organization in New York. Operating from a back room, he gives Bond a gambling assignment that will disguise payment for the diamonds.

First appears in chapter 10

A former CIA officer and Bond's friend, now working as a private detective for Pinkerton's. His investigation of fixed racing overlaps with Bond's pursuit of the diamond smugglers, giving Bond a trusted ally in America.

First appears in chapter 13

One of a pair of professional killers used by the organization behind the diamond traffic. He and Mr. Kidd punish failures and remove liabilities with elaborate methods intended to obscure their employers' involvement.

First appears in chapter 13

Mr. Wint's partner in murder and intimidation. The two travel together, carry out the syndicate's disciplinary work, and treat violence as a carefully planned professional routine.

First appears in chapter 14

A funeral director whose business provides a discreet setting for the criminal organization to settle accounts. His outwardly respectable establishment forms part of the machinery used to intimidate and dispose of people who cross the syndicate.

First appears in chapter 17

A Las Vegas taxi driver recommended to Bond as dependable. Familiar with the city's casinos and back routes, he becomes a practical local ally when Bond's investigation draws the attention of the Spangled Mob.

Also known as Seraffimo Spang

First appears in chapter 19

The western half of the Spangled Mob's leadership and owner of major Las Vegas interests. He combines modern organized crime with an obsessive private recreation of the Old West at Spectreville.

Also known as Jack Spang

First appears in chapter 25

Seraffimo Spang's brother and the figure overseeing the criminal network from abroad. Under an assumed identity near the African source, he protects the opening end of the diamond pipeline.