Dr. No by Ian Fleming

James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and sabotage of American rocket tests; posing as a tourist, he joins forces with local boatman Quarrel and the mysterious Honeychile Rider to track the culprit to a remote island, where the reclusive Dr. Julius No—an eccentric, metal‑fingered member of an international crime syndicate—uses deadly radio‑beam experiments to menace Western missile programs. Bond infiltrates the island stronghold, uncovers the plot, and after a tense confrontation escapes as the villain's lair is destroyed.