An international diamond-smuggling pipeline has opened up and the British Treasury wants to know who''s controlling it. Impersonating a captured courier named Peter Franks, Bond infiltrates the criminal ring and finds an unlikely ally in Tiffany Case. As the ring''s stateside go-between, she may be just another link in the chain, but Tiffany is also Bond''s best shot at finding the elusive figure at the head of the operation - a syndicate boss known only by the initials ''ABC.'' But if Bond''s cover gets blown, he''ll find that the only thing harder than a diamond is surviving the payback of a pair of murderous henchmen. With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, Diamonds Are Forever leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner.