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The Xanadu Talisman
(1981)(The ninth book in the Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin series)
A novel by Peter O'Donnell
El Mico, the power behind every crime along the Meditteranean coast, is watching Modesty Blaise. Can she and Willie Garvin solve the mystery of the Xanadu talisman and lead him to a prize of infinite value? The action moves from Tangiers to Corsica and the Atlas Mountains. Finally Modesty and Willie are locked into a gladiatorial death-duel in a battle of wits against guns.
Genre: Thriller
Genre: Thriller
Praise for this book
"One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson." - Kingsley Amis
"In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer." - Lauren Henderson
"In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer." - Lauren Henderson
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