The Silver Mistress

Description:

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 bizarre captors-a criminal tycoon, a genteel lady assassin, two inscrutable Chinese killers, and the invincibe Mr. Sexton, the world's premier combatant-even Modesty begins to doubt that she can succeed in this operation. Her task is further complicated when Willie's girlfriend and a young pilot also are taken hostage. Their situation seems hopeless until the Silver Mistress appears, bringing this thrilling saga to an astonishing climax.

subjects: 1970s,  Fiction,  Intelligence service,  Women spies,  Fiction in English,  Popular English Fiction,  Fiction - General,  Mystery/Suspense,  FIC,  FIC022000,  General,  Mystery & Detective - General,  Mystery and detective stories

People: Modesty Blaise,  Willie Garvin,  Sir Gerald Tarrant,  Mr. Sexton,  Colonel Jim Straik

Places: Great Britain