A compilation of Peter O'Donnell's "Modesty Blaise" strips from 1987-1988, unfortunately with the incompatible Romero as artist. Jim Holdaway was the unsurpassed artist for this strip, but Neville Colvin came close. At least the three stories are fine, all three with an interesting facet. The first one is intriguing for Willie's touching friendship with a young child of the streets who might have been a young Modesty. The second, "Milord", is interesting for Willie's reaction to a creator of blue and snuff movies. The third and title story has a bit of Modesty's past, and is interesting for her hard and seemingly heartless reaction to a young child's kidnaping. A good trio. If only another artist had done them. ( )