Removed from the mission by M, Bond nevertheless follows the only lead he has to Miami where he finds himself working round the edges of a plot by criminal Le Chiffre to invest his clients money in the stock market just before an engineered event should send shares in a direction favourable for him.
The mission could not go worse as Bond kills the man in an embassy in front of CCTV cameras. Having just achieved his 00 status, James Bond is assigned to uncover a plot by tracking a bomber for hire.