Modesty Blaise (novel): Difference between revisions

** Modesty applies a similar principle, only with guns, vs. Reverend Crisp in ''Dragon's Claw''. Crisp is perhaps the greatest quick-draw expert in the world, over a full tenth of a second faster than Modesty, and so she has absolutely no chance vs. him in the quickdraw match that the villain is forcing her to fight him in and knows it. Modesty's solution? To start shooting at Crisp while still walking ''towards'' the duel arena, at a distance of approximately 50-plus meters... a distance she is far more likely to hit Crisp at than vice versa, as he is a close-quarters quickdraw specialist while Modesty is a long-range competition markswoman. Sure enough, despite firing five shots to her three he misses with all five<ref>In fairness, 150+ feet is a ''long'' way to hit anything with a handgun, even for a good marksman.</ref>, while she puts two out of three right into his torso.

* [[The Con]]

* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: Willie in the novel ''Dead Man's Handle''.

** Played with in that the bad guys did not find Willie in this state, but instead deliberately kidnapped and brainwashed him.