Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin are now cult names in the thriller genre with well over a million copies of the Modesty Blaise series sold worldwide. Penguin India is delighted to present these bestselling books, now collector’s items, in its new series—Retro Revival.

In the Hostel of Righteousness on the Greek island of Kalivari, Dr Thaddeus Pilgrim, once a devout man of God but now devoted to less heavenly pursuits like devising the perfect scenarios for murder and terrorism, plans his most ambitious project yet—the Hallelujah Scenario…

Spirited away to Kalivari by a nymph and satyr team—evil Sibyl Pray and her Turkish lover Kazim—Willie Garvin is the victim of Dr Tyl’s mind-bending techniques and is programmed into killing Modesty Blaise on sight...

This twelfth caper sees the duo facing impossible odds in a race to beat the ‘dead man’s handle’…

Dead Man’s Handle also has a flashback detailing Willie’s meeting with Modesty and his first assignment for The Network.

‘Modesty Blaise thrillers are peppered with ingenious ideas…the other ingredients are a sharply-twisting storyline, varied locations, a really formidable criminal project to be foiled, lots of healthy violence, nasty villains, well sketched minor characters and expert grading of tension’—Kingsley Amis

‘Modesty Blaise—licensed to thrill’—Sun