Vintage 288 page mass market paperback titled THE SILVER MISTRESS by Peter O'Donnell/ A TOR Book, ISBN #0-812-58650-6, First Printing, November 1986/ The Silver Mistress is the title of an action-adventure novel by Peter O'Donnell which was first published in the United Kingdom in 1973. It was the seventh book of adventures featuring O'Donnell's comic strip heroine, Modesty Blaise. This seventh novel in the Modesty Blaise series will not fail to please any of Modesty's innumerable fans. Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin, are hot on the trail of a captured British Intelligence agent, but when they confront the agent's bizarre captors?a criminal tycoon, a genteel lady assassin, two inscrutable Chinese killers, and the invincible Mr. Sexton, the world's premier combatant?even Modesty begins to doubt that she can succeed in this operation. Her task is further complicated when Willie's girlfriend and a young pilot also are taken hostage. Their situation seems hopeless until the Silver Mistress appears, bringing this thrilling saga to an astonishing climax. The book is complete and in VERY GOOD - FINE condition with some overall wear that includes a light spine crease and some cover edge wear. The inside pages are tanned.