Dr. No (novel) Dr. No (novel) Dr. No is the sixth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the novel in early 1957 at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 31 March 1958. The novel centres on Bond's investigation into the disappearance in Jamaica of two fellow MI6 operatives. He establishes that they had been investigating Doctor No, a Chinese operator of a guano mine on the fictional Caribbean island of Crab Key. Bond travels to the island and meets Honeychile
James Bond in film No". Most of the crew from the first film returned, with major exceptions being production designer Ken Adam—who went to work on "Dr. Strangelove" and was replaced by "Dr. No"s art director Syd Cain—and title designer Maurice Binder, who was replaced by Robert Brownjohn. The original screenwriter for the film was Len Deighton, but he was replaced because of his slow progress. Two of the writers from "Dr. No", Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, were brought in, with Maibaum being given the sole writing credit and Harwood being credited for "adaptation". "From Russia with Love" is the first Bond film