Author: Peter O'Donnell Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Adventure
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ISBNs: 9780285637085 |
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On the island of Dragon's Claw, Sam Solon, an Australian newspaper tycoon with an inferiority complex about his lack of knowledge of art, has kidnapped the world's leading art experts, keeping them prisoner to admire his collection of stolen art treasures. Modesty and her loyal lieutenant, Willie Gavin, become involved in a complex series of murder mysteries that takes them to the island as prisoners. To escape, they must defeat Solon's hired killers: the Reverend Uriah Crisp, an ordained minister with the greatest handgun shot in the world, and Beauregard Browne, who kills his victims using the famous handkerchief trick.
This book is part of the "Modesty Blaise" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Cobra Trap" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead Man's Handle" First published in 1985 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Xanadu Talisman" First published in 1981 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Last Day in Limbo" First published in 1976 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Silver Mistress" First published in 1973 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Pieces of Modesty" First published in 1972 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Taste for Death" First published in 1969 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "I, Lucifer" First published in 1967 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Sabre-Tooth" First published in 1966 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Modesty Blaise" First published in 1965 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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