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.

The first assignment of Modesty and Willie Garvin for British Intelligence is to foil arch villain Gabriel from hijacking diamonds worth ten million pounds.

Their quest races from London to the South of France, across the Mediterranean to Cairo, ending in a vicious battle on a tiny island as they fight alone against a private army of killers.

This edition also includes ‘Girl Walking’, a rare essay, specially written by Peter O’Donnell that tells the story of how it all began.

‘What marks this out from most of its kind is the way the slaughter, the striptease and such are lit by small bright shafts of gentleness, sweetness, [and] quiet, dry humour’—Evening Standard

‘Highly entertaining murderous fantasy’—New Yorker