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A Taste for Death

Modesty Blaise seriesbook 4 of 11Next:Pieces of Modesty(1972) →

The rugged team of Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, take on impossible odds as they battle Simon Delicta, a man with a taste for death, and Swordmaster Wenczel in a duel to the death. As the adventure unfolds, and they travel from London to Panama to the depths of the Sahara desert, the pair will need all their killing skills to survive.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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