Cheryl Haven is a fictional British Secret Intelligence Service operative and station branch head in Manhattan, New York. The character appeared in Raymond Benson's short continuation story, Blast from the Past, which was first published in the January 1997 issue of Playboy magazine.
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Blast From The Past[]
Originally from Blackpool in North West England, Cheryl Haven was SIS's station branch head in Manhattan, who replaced former head Alan Forbes, after he struck lucky playing Lotto and retired early to live in Texas. She and an American investigative team assist James Bond, after he discovers his son, James Suzuki, dead in his New York studio apartment. As required for relatives of SIS personnel living abroad, Suzuki reported in to Haven once a month; notably flirting with her during their brief discussions. In the room, they discover an envelope containing a key for a safety deposit box at the bank where Suzuki worked. Haven drives 007 to the bank, where they investigate Suzuki's workspace, while a locksmith attempts to fix the broken deposit box lock. The locksmith accidentally triggers a bomb in the locker meant for Bond, and emerging from the building the pair notice a suspicious bag lady; who promptly flees by car.
The spies commandeer a taxi and pursue the felons to a Macy's warehouse. Bond sends her to phone for help, while he attempts to gain entry to the building; getting caught in the process. It is revealed that the 'bag lady' and orchestrator of the bombing is actually Irma Bunt, the vengeful former-paramour of super-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Bunt shaves Bond with a barber's razor coated with fugu poison, but is interrupted by Haven; who sneaks into the room and shoots one of her gunmen. While Cheryl holds the remaining man at gunpoint, 007 pursues Irma Bunt and shoots her dead. The spy, however, is shot in the process and is taken to hospital. Haven is there when he regains consciousness and the story concludes with her seducing him.
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