In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound diamond heist. They travel from London to the South of France, across the Mediterranean to Cairo before battling, against impossible odds, a private army of professional killers.

Spotlighting the popular female detective and her trusty sidekick, this collection of short stories pursues Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin through one adventure after another, following their footsteps from South America to Finland. Recounting their constant duels with the world's villains, these tales also detail the dauntless duo's improvised weaponry?from circus cannons to human kites. Serving as a fascinating companion to the legendary crime fighter's full-length escapades, this anthology delves deeper into her relationship with Willie Garvin, who is given his own heroic story while he is once again carried along on even more cunning plans.

"Deceit, danger, desire! The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise--high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! An art forgery spells trouble in 'The Young Mistress', while 'Our Friend Maude' sees the return of secret agent Maude Tiller and pits Modesty against a band of arms dealers, against the backdrop of the deadly Paris underworld! In 'Ivory Dancer' a stolen horse means money and menace for our unflappable heroine. This volume also contains story introductions by Modesty Blaise expert Lawrence Blackmore"--Page 4 of cover.

A thrilling selection of 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.

As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O’Donnell, returns for three more devastating adventures! Features the classic stories ‘The Grim Joker’, ‘A Present for the Princess’ and ‘Black Queen’s Pawn’, written by Peter O’Donnell and beautifully illustrated by Enric Badia Romero!

The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Their success inspired every studio in Hollywood and Europe to release everything from serious knockoffs to spoofs on the genre featuring debonair men, futuristic gadgets, exotic locales, and some of the world's most beautiful actresses whose roles ranged from the innocent caught up in a nefarious plot to the femme fatale. Profiled herein are 107 dazzling women, well-known and unknown, who had film and television appearances in the spy genre. They include superstars Doris Day in Caprice, Raquel Welch in Fathom, and Ann-Margret in Murderer's Row; international sex symbols Ursula Andress in Dr. No and Casino Royale, Elke Sommer in Deadlier Than the Male, and Senta Berger in The Spy with My Face; and forgotten lovelies Greta Chi in Fathom, Alizia Gur in From Russia with Love, and Maggie Thrett in Out of Sight. Each profile includes a filmography that lists the actresses' more notable films. Some include the actresses' candid comments and anecdotes about their films and television shows, the people they worked with, and their feelings about acting in the spy genre are offered throughout. A list of websites that provide further information on women in spy films and television is also included.

Spyscreen is a genre study of English-language spy fiction film and television between the 1930s and 1960s. Taking as his focus many well-known films and television series, Toby Miller uses a wide range of critical approaches - from textual interpretation, audience studies, and culturalhistory, through auteurism, imperial history, class, and governmentality, to genre, cultural imperialism, and gender.Beginning with an overview of the social and political background to the history, production, and analysis of spy fiction, topics discussed include the first canonical espionage movie, The 39 Steps, key film noir texts such as Gilda and The Third Man, the figure of popular spies, including JamesBond, and the importance of women to the genre. The result is not just an insightful new study of key texts in this popular genre; it is an important intervention in the methodology and practice of Screen Studies.