I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise) [Paperback]

These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written. --The Times

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. --The Observer

The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime novels… a high-point of popular fiction. --Crime Time --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"Before Buffy, before Charlie’s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel there was Modesty Blaise." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"If there is room in your imagination for James Bond in a bikini... Modesty Blaise is ready when you are." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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. Lucifer, a paranoid young man, believes that he is Satan and has a remarkable psychic ability to predict death by natural causes. Lucifer s ability is used by Seff s gang to extract ransom from their rich victims. Seff selects the victims and warns them of their impending death, any who does not pay the ransom seemingly dies from natural causes, helped on their way by Seff s executioner, Jack Wish. By what means are the victims being killed? How is the ransom money being collected without trace from under the sea? Modesty s friend, Steve Collier, the renowned psychic researcher, is kidnapped to help Seff and he accidentally blows Modesty s cover as she investigates this mystery. Taken prisoner Modesty and her faithful lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must escape Seff s island stronghold. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Peter O Donnell became involved with strip cartoons in the 1950 s and invented the character of Modesty Blaise in 1963. The revolutionary strip ran for 38 years and was syndicated in over 40 countries. From the strip was born a series of 13 bestselling novels about Modesty and her trusted lieutenant Willie Garvin, all published by Souvenir Press. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.