Modesty Blaise

by Peter O'Donnell

Overview

In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound diamond heist. They travel from London to the South of France, across the Mediterranean to Cairo before battling, against impossible odds, a private army of professional killers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780285637283
Publisher:	IPS - Profile Books
Publication date:	08/11/2005
Series:	Modesty Blaise Novel Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	390,125
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter O'Donnell created Modesty Blaise as a strip cartoon that was syndicated in more than 42 countries. The strip led to a series of novels about Modesty and her faithful lieutenant, Willie Garvin.

Editorial Reviews

In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer.,These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written.,Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel there was Modesty Blaise. For almost 40 years, Peter O'Donnell's iconic heroine drop-kicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in popular culture.,"One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.","O'Donnell is one of those rare popular writers, like Josephine Tey or P.G. Wodehouse, who inspire not just fandom but love.","Modesty Blaise was the comic-strip criminal genius, turned occasional secret service operative, who managed to combine timeless beauty and elegance with the ability to break every bone in your body... there's never been a better time to become acquainted.","The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime novels.",The stories of Modesty... are better than James Bond and funnier."

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