The night of Morningstar - Peter O'Donnell

Modesty Blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the Network. But there is one final, astounding mission before she can leave.Years later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she is drawn into conflict with a mysterious group called 'The Watchmen'. Is the plan to destroy the Western world being orchestrated by the Watchmen?There have been few other female
action heroines like Modesty Blaisea tough orphan who became the leader of
the Network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial
espionage. This 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback to the
last days of the Network, when Modesty was about to retire, and describes the
organization s final, astonishing operation before it disbanded. This
operation is echoed several years later when Modesty, with her peerless
lieutenant Willie Garvin, finds herself drawn into conflict with the
mysterious group known as the Watchmen, who have plans to kill Modesty in
London and then destroy San Francisco s Golden Gate bridge. Modesty and
Willie find themselves prisoners on a drillship off the Ilhas Desertas and
must use their resourcefulness to escape."