Diamonds are Forever (with Interview) characters

First appears in chapter 2

A British Secret Service officer with double-0 status, called in by M to investigate how a large flow of illicit diamonds is reaching the United States. He is an experienced undercover operative, observant of criminal routines and willing to assume a smuggler's identity to enter the pipeline.

First appears in chapter 2

The head of the British Secret Service and Bond's commanding officer. He treats the diamond traffic as a serious international problem and assigns Bond to trace the organization behind it rather than merely intercepting one courier.

First appears in chapter 2

M's chief of staff and one of Bond's trusted colleagues at headquarters. Tanner helps prepare the operation and handles the practical coordination needed to insert Bond into the smuggling route.

First appears in chapter 3

The Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard responsible for liaison with the Secret Service. He supplies the police side of the diamond investigation and helps arrange Bond's criminal cover.

First appears in chapter 3

An intimidating American businessman connected with the House of Diamonds. His manner and unusual interest in the investigation make him part of the commercial world Bond must examine before entering the courier route.

First appears in chapter 4

A British diamond smuggler whose place in the pipeline gives the authorities the identity Bond will use. Franks is a violent professional criminal, making the borrowed identity dangerous even before Bond reaches America.

First appears in chapter 5

An American woman who acts as Bond's contact inside the diamond-smuggling chain. Cool, guarded, and alert to danger, she gives couriers their instructions while revealing little about the people above her.

First appears in chapter 8

A hunchbacked American mob figure who receives Bond in New York and directs the next stage of his supposed payment. He presents the criminal organization's orders as routine business backed by unmistakable threats.

First appears in chapter 10

Bond's old American friend, formerly of the CIA and now working as a private investigator. Leiter is following related organized crime activity and becomes Bond's discreet ally once their paths cross.

First appears in chapter 14

One of a pair of American enforcers employed to punish mistakes in the smuggling organization. Wint is methodical, menacing, and closely partnered with Mr. Kidd.

First appears in chapter 14

Mr. Wint's partner and fellow enforcer. Kidd shares the pair's calm manner while taking part in the organization's brutal discipline of anyone who threatens its operations.

First appears in chapter 16

The Las Vegas representative of the Spangled Mob, based at the Tiara hotel and casino. Seraffimo controls the western end of the organization and combines legitimate-looking resort business with violent criminal authority.

First appears in chapter 16

A Las Vegas taxi driver who knows the city's casinos and the men behind them. Leiter recruits him to help watch over Bond, and his local knowledge makes him a useful ally as the investigation moves west.