There were three novels that were written during the Bond years that had nothing to do with Fleming's famous spy.  One was a book about diamond smuggling which was based on true events of the diamond industry.  The second was a travelogue of famous cities.  And the third was a children's story about a magical car.

The Diamond Smuggler's was published in 1957 and is a true story of a spy-chaser who was brought to Africa to dry up the the international illicit diamond pipelines.

Thrilling Cities was published in 1959 and it is a detailed travelogue of famous cities from Berlin to Tokyo and Monte Carlo to Chicago to name a few.  Fleming wrote about the brothels and massage parlors as well as the gambling casinos.  It is also the book that has the shortest James Bond story ever written by Fleming called OO7 in New York.  The story is five pages long and it tells about OO7 arriving in New York to inform a former female MI-6 staffer that she is having an affair, unbeknownst to her, with a KGB operator.  The CIA and FBI are closing in on him and her and M had sent Bond to take care of a potentially embarrassing situation.

Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang was published in 1964 but it was written after Fleming's first heart attack which was around 1961-62.  The story is about a magical car that can fly, swim and track down criminals for Scotland Yard.  It is the only Fleming novel that was aimed at children.

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