Willie Garvin saw it all. He was happily diving for pearls when he spotted the killers on the beach. They were playing tag with a terrified girl until Willie's knife stopped the game permanently. That's how will it became a guardian of a beautiful and bewildered girl. She didn't know who her tormentors were. But willie knew. They worked for gabriel, and Gabriel was one of the world's most ruthless captains of crime. What would Gabriel want with the helpless girl like dinah? Willie couldn't figure it. But whatever it was it was big. And bad. It called for top handling. It was time to put in a call to modesty blaise.