Order of Modesty Blaise Books

Modesty Blaise is a fictional character created by British novelist and comic strip writer Peter O’Donnell. Modesty Blaise is a female action hero who has been featured in comic strips, novels, short story collections, graphic novels and three films. She is young, extremely talented and has a criminal past. She works as a freelance spy for the British SIS. Modesty also has a Willie Garvin, who himself has a shady past.

The Modesty Blaise character was created in 1963 and appeared in her first novel in 1965, appropriately titled Modesty Blaise. Below is a list of Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Books

Modesty Blaise	(1965)
Sabre-Tooth	(1966)
I, Lucifer	(1967)
A Taste for Death	(1969)
The Impossible Virgin	(1971)
The Silver Mistress	(1973)
Last Day in Limbo	(1976)
Dragon's Claw	(1978)
The Xanadu Talisman	(1981)
The Night of the Morning Star	(1982)
Dead Man's Handle	(1985)