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Peter O'Donnell
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Peter O'Donnell was born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was interested in writing as a child, and began writing professionally at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the Royal Signals Corps, and was stationed in Persia, Syria, Egypt, the Western Desert, Italy, and Greece. After the war, he worked as a comic strip writer, and scripted the Daily Express adaptation of the James Bond novel Dr. No. He was most famous for inventing the character Modesty Blaise, an undercover agent who first appeared in comic strips in 1963. In 1965, he published his first novel, Modesty Blaise, which was based on the screenplay he had written for the motion picture of the same name. He also wrote short stories, plays, television and film scripts, and nine romance novels published under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In 2001, he retired from writing. He passed away on 03 May 2010.
Full Series List in Order
Modesty Blaise
1 - Modesty Blaise (1965)2 - Sabre-Tooth (1966)
3 - I, Lucifer (1967)
4 - A Taste for Death (1969)
5 - Impossible Virgin (1971)
6 - Pieces of Modesty (1972)
7 - The Silver Mistress (1973)
8 - Last Day in Limbo (1976)
9 - Dragon's Claw (1978)
10 - The Xanadu Talisman (1981)
11 - The Night of Morningstar (1982)
12 - Dead Man's Handle (1985)
13 - Cobra Trap (1996)
Modesty Blaise (Titan Graphic Novels)
1 - The Gabriel Set-Up (Jun-1985)2 - Mister Sun (Jun-2004)
3 - Top Traitor (Oct-2004)
4 - The Black Pearl (Dec-2004)
5 - Bad Suki (Mar-2005)
6 - The Hell Makers (Jun-2005)
7 - The Green-Eyed Monster (Sep-2005)
8 - The Puppet Master (Oct-1987)
9 - The Gallows Bird (Apr-2006)
10 - Cry Wolf (Oct-2006)
11 - The Inca Trail (Jul-2007)
12 - Death Trap (Nov-2007)
13 - Yellowstone Booty (Jun-2008)
14 - Green Cobra (Sep-2008)
15 - The Lady Killers (Apr-2009)
16 - The Scarlet Maiden (Nov-2009)
17 - Death In Slow Motion (Apr-2010)
18 - Sweet Caroline (Aug-2010)
19 - The Double Agent (Nov-2010)
20 - Million Dollar Game (Aug-2011)
21 - Live Bait (Feb-2012)
22 - Lady in the Dark (Nov-2012)
23 - The Girl in the Iron Mask (Apr-2013)
24 - The Young Mistress (Jun-2014)
25 - The Grim Joker (Nov-2014)
26 - The Killing Distance (May-2015)
27 - Ripper Jax (Mar-2016)
28 - The Murder Frame (Nov-2016)
29 - The Children of Lucifer (Mar-2017)
30 - The Killing Game (Oct-2017)
Modesty Blaise (First American)
1 - Top Traitor + The Vikings (Jun-1981)2 - The Mind of Mrs. Drake + Uncle Happy (Jun-1981)
3 - The Jericho Caper + The Killing Ground + Bad Suki (Jun-1982)
4 - The Head Girls + The Black Pearl + The Magnified Man (Jun-1983)
5 - The Lady Killer + Garvin's Travels + The Scarlet Maiden (Jun-1984)
6 - The Moon Man + A Few Flowers for the Colonel + The Balloonatic (Jun-1985)
7 - Death in Slow Motion + The Alternative Man + Sweet Caroline (Jun-1986)
8 - The Return of the Mammoth + Plato's Republic + The Sword of the Bruce (Jun-1986)
Book List in Order: 61 titles
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Modesty Blaise
- 1965
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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,...
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Sabre-Tooth
- 1966
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In the second installment of Peter O'Donnell's best-selling Modesty Blaise series, Karz, a modern day Genghis Khan with an army of ruthless mercenaries, plans to take over oil-rich Kuwait. It is left to Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant, Willie...
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I, Lucifer
- 1967
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When the first threats appear they are assumed to be a hoax. But when a hundred and twenty people are threatened with death, and only a few live because they pay the ransom, while the others die from natural causes or accidents then it is no hoax.Luc...
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A Taste for Death
- 1969
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The rugged team of Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, take on impossible odds as they battle Simon Delicta, a man with a taste for death, and Swordmaster Wenczel in a duel to the death. As the adventure unfolds, and they trave...
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Impossible Virgin
- 1971
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Modesty Blaise's friend Novak died trying to preserve his discovery of the Impossible Virgin, a secret that meant enormous wealth. But right at the last moment, he babbled. When Modesty makes a forced landing in Central Africa, she meets the man who ...
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Pieces of Modesty
- 1972
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Spotlighting the popular female detective and her trusty sidekick, this collection of short stories pursues Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin through one adventure after another, following their footsteps from South America to Finland. Recounting thei...
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The Silver Mistress
- 1973
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This seventh novel in the Modesty Blaise series will not fail to please any of Modesty's innumerable fans. Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin, are hot on the trail of a captured British Intelligence agent, but when they confront the agent's bizar...
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Last Day in Limbo
- 1976
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Modesty's latest adventure takes place in the jungles of South America, where she and her loyal henchman, Willie Garvin, take on the evil Mistress of Limbo. The Mistress has enslaved the people of Limbo, including Modesty's friend Danny. After a fail...
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Dragon's Claw
- 1978
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This crime adventure begins when heroine Modesty Blaise finds Luke Fletcher, one of Britain's greatest artists, lost on a raft in the middle of the ocean. This discovery leads Modesty to an island called Dragon's Claw, where the evil Sam Solon has ki...
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The Xanadu Talisman
- 1981
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In this classic return we see Modesty both at her most feminine and at her toughest. Trapped in an earthquake disaster with a dying man, she makes a promise that is to lead her and her faithful friend Willie Garvin into the most perilous crisis of th...
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Top Traitor + The Vikings
- Jun-1981
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It is the vulnerabilty of Modesty Blaise which distinguishes her as an action hero. In TOP TRAITOR, an elaborate scheme to make Sir Gerald Tarrant appear to have sold secrets to the enemy has been hatched. Tarrant's assistant, Jack Fraser, is sure...
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The Night of Morningstar
- 1982
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There have been few other female action heroines like Modesty Blaise--a tough orphan who became the leader of the Network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial espionage. This 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback ...
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Dead Man's Handle
- 1985
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This latest installment in the Modesty Blaise pulp-fiction series opens with Willie Garvin, Modesty's loyal lieutenant, rescuing a Hong Kong businessman from a Red Chinese jail. The thrills continue when Willie is kidnapped by Sibyl Pray and held pri...
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The Gabriel Set-Up
- Jun-1985
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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,...
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The Puppet Master
- Oct-1987
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As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O'Donnell, returns for four more devastating adventures! In "The Stone Age Caper", Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin, face a deadly Outback gang; Th...
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The Iron God
- Nov-1989
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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,...
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Uncle Happy
- Oct-1990
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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,...
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Cobra Trap
- 1996
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Each short story in this final installment of the Modesty Blaise series details a different, thrilling tale of international intrigue starring Modesty and her loyal deputy, Willie Garvin. From Modesty’s early days running The Network to her later w...
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Mister Sun
- Jun-2004
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Part of the Modesty Blaise series, this comic book sees Modesty caught up in the Vietnam War. Thrown into a searing hotbed of danger and conspiracy, Modesty will need all her skills and instincts when she incurs the wrath of a Hong Kong master crimin...
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Top Traitor
- Oct-2004
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With a mind as sharp as her fashion sense and fighting skills worthy of any she-samurai, Modesty Blaise - cult creation of best-selling author Peter O'Donnell - is back in another classic collector's edition from Titan! In three thrilling, nerve-shre...
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The Black Pearl
- Dec-2004
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She's beautiful with a bullet! Modesty Blaise the cult creation of best-selling author Peter O'Donnell returns for another searing slice of '60s chic thrills set in a shadowy underworld of espionage and mystery. ancient mystic who once saved her life...
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The Hell Makers
- Jun-2005
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HELL HATH NO FURY...As deadly as she is lovely, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling author Peter O'Donnell, returns in this latest volume of classic comics from Titan! In this edition, Modesty and her constant partner-in-action Willie G...
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The Green-Eyed Monster
- Sep-2005
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As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O'Donnell, returns in three devastating adventures! In Willie the Djinn, Modesty and Willie Garvin face political intrigue in the Middle East, while in T...
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The Gallows Bird
- Apr-2006
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise - high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! Modesty Blaise investigates a murderous family in The Bluebeard Affair; her partner,...
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The Inca Trail
- Jul-2007
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise -- high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers!
Modesty stumbles from a babysitting job into a mob war in The Reluctant Ch... -
Death Trap
- Nov-2007
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise -- high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers!
When Modesty and Willie are lured into an attempted Eastern European coup,... -
Yellowstone Booty
- Jun-2008
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise ,” high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! In this latest volume, Modesty faces off against a group of racketeers who have...
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The Lady Killers
- Apr-2009
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise ,” high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty is as styl...
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The Scarlet Maiden
- Nov-2009
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise ,” high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty is as styl...
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Death In Slow Motion
- Apr-2010
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise ,” high priestess of pulp crime. Adventurer, spy, racketeer and all-round bad girl, Modesty is as stylish as she is smart and as lethal as she...
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Sweet Caroline
- Aug-2010
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the gorgeous Modesty Blaise -- high priestess of pulp crime.
This latest volume features the classic stories Sweet Caroline, The Return of the Mammoth and Plato’s Republic -- in wh... -
The Double Agent
- Nov-2010
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The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the gorgeous Modesty Blaise " high priestess of pulp crime. This latest volume features the classic stories The Wild Boar, Kali’s Disciples and The Double Agent " in which the head of...
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Million Dollar Game
- Aug-2011
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Modesty Blaise, the cult bad girl and spy created by best-selling author Peter O'Donnell, is back!
Stories from the classic newspaper strip Modesty Blaise are collected here in the latest addition to Titan's deluxe library series.
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The Night of the Morningstar
- Jul-2012
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In the final days of the Network, the criminal organisation led by the young Modesty Blaise, Modesty comes up against the mysterious group known as the Watchmen. Many years later the Watchmen try to kill Modesty, while unleashing a campaign of terror...
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Lady in the Dark
- Nov-2012
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Stories from the classic newspaper strip Modesty Blaise are collected here in the latest in Titan's deluxe library series.
This volume includes the classic stories The Girl from the Future, The Big Mole and Lady in the Dark!
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The Girl in the Iron Mask
- Apr-2013
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Features the classic stories Fiona, Walkabout and The Girl In The Iron Mask written by popular British crime writer Peter O'Donnell and beautifully illustrated by Enric Badia Romero! Willie's admirer Fiona returns, Modesty faces the outback alone and...
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The Young Mistress
- Jun-2014
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As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O’Donnell, returns for three more devastating adventures! Features the classic stories ‘The Young Mistress’, ‘Ivory Dancer’ and ‘Our Friend M...
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The Grim Joker
- Nov-2014
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As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O’Donnell, returns for three more devastating adventures! Features the classic stories ‘The Grim Joker’, ‘A Present for the Princess’ and ‘Bl...
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The Murder Frame
- Nov-2016
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As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O’Donnell, returns for four more thrilling adventures! Features the stories The Murder Frame, Fraser's Story, Tribute to the Pharaoh and The Special O...
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The Killing Game
- Oct-2017
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Wedding bells are sounding for Guido the Jinx, but as always he’s in over his head and Modesty and Willie must fight to save him, and the world, from bio-terrorists in‘The Last Aristocrat’. Modesty and Willie are forced to become quarry in a bi...
