MOONRAKER by Ian Fleming - Penguin Modern Classics

Bond goes up against Sir Hugo Drax at the card table to prevent him from cheating. A self-made multi-millionaire with a shadowy past, Drax has put up millions develop a superatomic rocket, and his exposure as a cheat would threaten Britain's defence system. Bond delves deeper into goings on at the Moonraker base, but it soon appears that someone wants him out of the way...

'Irresistibly readable' - OBSERVER