The Cobra Trap: (Modesty Blaise)

(Paperback, Main)

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This is the first ever paperback edition of these stories, completing our acclaimed series of "Modesty Blaise" novels so there is a large audience waiting for this paperback. Publicity campaign is focussed on the complete re-issue of the "Modesty" novels in paperback, as these novels get remarkably wide review coverage, from sci-fi, crime and cult magazines to the literary pages. Review extracts attached. This is one of the great cult successes, and these two books build on the success of "Modesty Blaise" (0285637282) in the Waterstone's 99p Summer Reading promotion. This work presents a thrilling selection of short stories following Modesty Blaise, aided as always by Willie Garvin, from her early days running the Network to working with Sir Gerald Tarrant of British Intelligence. In the title story, Modesty faces the toughest assignment of her life, an attempt to rescue friends held by rebels in the jungle of Central America.

Reviews

These books are the finest escapist thrillers ever written * The Times *
In the beginning there was Modesty. Cooler than the pretentious James Bond, tougher than the brain-dead Mike Hammer -- Lauren Henderson, author of Dead White Female
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 * Observer *
One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson -- Kingsley Amis
O'Donnell is one of those rare popular writers, like Josephine Tey or P.G. Wodehouse, who inspire not just fandom but love * New York Times *
Modesty Blaise was the comic-strip criminal genius, turned occasional secret service operative, who managed to combine timeless beauty and elegance with the ability to break every bone in your body... there's never been a better time to become acquainted * The Crack *
The continuing renaissance of the immortal heroine: thrilling, humorous and timeless adventures, the Modesty Blaise series are seminal British crime * Crime Time *
The stories of Modesty are better than James Bond and funnier * Tribune *

Author Bio

Peter O'Donnell began his career working on pre-World War Two comic strips. During the 1950's he became involved with strip cartoons and created the revolutionary series Modesty Blaise, which would be syndicated in more than 42 countries. The strip led to a series of bestselling novels, all published by Souvenir Press: Modesty Blaise, Sabre Tooth, I, Lucifer, The Impossible Virgin, Pieces of Modesty, A Taste for Death, The Silver Mistress, Dragon's Claw, The Xanadu Talisman, The Night of the Morningstar, Dead Man's Handle and his final collection of stories about Modesty, Cobra Trap.