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 | (1977) | |
Dragon’s Claw | (1978) | |
The Xanadu Talisman | (1981) | |
The Night of Morningstar | (1982) | |
Dead Man’s Handle | (1985) |
Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Collections
Pieces of Modesty | (1972) | |
Cobra Trap | (1996) |
Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Comic Strip Books
The Black Pearl | (1978) | |
The Hell-Makers | (1986) | |
The Gabriel Set-Up | (1986) | |
Death of a Jester | (1987) | |
The Warlords of Phoenix | (1987) | |
The Puppet Master | (1987) | |
Uncle Happy | (1990) | |
The Iron God | (1996) | |
Live Bait | (2002) | |
Lady in the Dark | (2003) | |
Mister Sun | (2004) | |
Top Traitor | (2004) | |
Bad Suki | (2005) | |
The Green-Eyed Monster | (2005) | |
The Gallows Bird | (2006) | |
Cry Wolf | (2006) | |
The Inca Trail | (2007) | |
Death Trap | (2007) | |
Yellowstone Booty | (2008) | |
Green Cobra | (2008) | |
The Lady Killers | (2009) | |
The Scarlet Maiden | (2009) | |
Death in Slow Motion | (2009) | |
Sweet Caroline | (2010) | |
The Double Agent | (2011) | |
Million Dollar Game | (2011) | |
The Girl in the Iron Mask | (2013) | |
The Young Mistress | (2013) | |
The Grim Joker | (2014) | |
The Killing Distance | (2015) | |
Ripper Jax | (2015) | |
The Murder Frame | (2016) | |
The Children of Lucifer | (2017) | |
The Killing Game | (2017) |
Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Non-Fiction Books
The Art of Modesty Blaise | (2014) |