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The Annihilators by Donald Hamilton

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Jun 162013

Matt Helm's 20th Adventure

"You are about to have a visitor. Senor Helm, if you value a certain lady's life, please restrain yourself. Violence will be met with violence."

A terrorist outfit from Costa Verde was pressuring Matt to do a job for them. Something simple like assassinating the president of Costa Verde. If he said no, they would kill Elly. Elly and Matt had a nice thing going, and he cared a lot for her. "Send Eleanor back unharmed," Matt told them. "Hurt her and you're dead. All of you." So now they knew where Matt stood. And if anything happened to Elly, there would be only one thing left. Revenge.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Copyright
1983

Random House, Inc
Ballantine Books
Fawcett Gold Medal Books

ISBN 449 12504
Printed in Canada
1st printing (August 1983)
3rd Printing (March 1987)

The Retaliators by Donald Hamilton

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Apr 012013

Trying to frame Matt Helm is a dangerous business.......

Cover by Gordon Johnson

Matt Helm was unexpectedly rich and he didn't like it. The $20,000 that had been deposited in his account was a complete surprise. Very nice. Except Matt knew that someone was setting him up, making it look as though he were a traitor and getting a payoff. Someone who wanted Matt out of the business. Suddenly, another agent with an unexpected surplus in his bank account was murdered. Matt figured he'd better tack down his "benefactors" before they retired him for good.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Copyright
1976

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

ISBN 449 13567
August 1976

Ballantine Books
ISBN 449 12694
First Printing (December 1983)
Second Printing (June 1984)

The Revengers by Donald Hamilton

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Dec 102012

A trip down memory lane explodes into a nerve-shattering odyssey for Matt Helm

Mean But Honest, Tough But Fair

It began with a funeral for an old friend that sparked romantic memories Matt Helm wanted to forget. Especially since they involved a woman he thought was out of his life forever. But when one old flame led to another and a lot of them were getting snuffed, it was hard to stay cool. Suddenly Matt was hot on a trail that seemed to go nowhere, except back to his past. A past he thought had been buried in Mexico along with a small-time hood and a dirty drug deal. A past filled with women who were now leading him into the ultimate compromising position.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

The Terrorizers by Donald Hamilton

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Sep 162012

A terrific adventure featuring the incredible Matt Helm

When they fished him out of the bay and he woke up in a Canadian hospital, he had no idea who he was. The plane crash had wiped his mind clean of the past. Then this gorgeous chick waltzed into his room and told him he was Paul Madden, a photographer, her fiance, which seemed like a pretty good deal. Except when some joker called on the phone and told him he was Matt Helm. Somehow he knew this meant trouble. Bad trouble.


Cover by JRush

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Copyright
1977

Fawcett Gold Medal Books
September 1977
ISBN 449 13865
2nd Printing

Ballantine Books
ISBN 449 12597
August 1983

The Terminators by Donald Hamilton

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Jul 222012

To Be Safely Terminated by Extreme Prejudice

Mission #16

When the big man in Washington assigned Matt Helm to ride shotgun on an old buddy's top secret mission in Norway, Matt naturally wanted to know what was happening. "They need an agent with a lethal reputation,: said Mac. "That's all you need to know." Matt hated theses "need to know" deals. But he went along with it until somebody murderer his partner. The girl who was supposed to be his "mistress." Now Matt was mad. Mad enough to blow operation "top secret" sky high.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

ISBN 449 03214

April 1975

The Returners: Matt Helm being reissued!

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Jul 212012

I just learned today that Donald Hamilton's dark and brutal spy series with Matt Helm is going to be reprinted, starting from 2013. See for some details here. Added are two coming covers, with thanks to Bruce Grossman who blogs at Bookgasm. I'll also quote Bruce who said that "Matt Helm would make James Bond cry".

The Intimidators by Donald Hamilton

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Jun 272012

It was a double mission this time. But Matt Helm could handle it....

One to terminate a top-notch enemy agent.

Two, to locate the missing fiancee of a Texas oil millionaire.

Somehow they were connected. Matt did not know how, until a few members of the international set also disappeared near the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Everyone figured they were dead. Then Matt discovered they were alive, and part of a very deadly game.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916–2006)

Copyright
1974

Fawcett Gold Medal Books
March 1974

Ballantine Books
ISBN 449 12842
July 1985

The Intriguers by Donald Hamilton

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May 222012

Trouble has met its match when Matt Helm is on the job.

A Quiet Vacation

Turns Into The Trip Of Matt's Life

Matt is on vacation in Mexico with nothing on his mind bigger than a fish, when some joker tried to shot him in the back. Naturally it was no accident. When secret agents get shot at, it's never an accident. So Matt had to go back to work immediately. And for a bonus, he was given the boss's beautiful daughter as a playmate in peril. Martha Bordon, who has a peculiar conscience about killing, even if the culprit is a would be assassin. Together with fellow agent Lorna, the three of them are on the prowl for the guy who wants to take Matt out permanently.

Printing History

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

January 1973

ISBN 449 13999

Ballantine Books

August 1988

ISBN 449 13999

The Poisoners by Donald Hamilton

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Apr 302012

With trouble like this,

there's only one man to call:

Matt Helm

1984 Ballantine Edition

Matt Helm #13

This one was murder from the start. A lovely red-haired lass whose amateur standing as a secret agent had been cut short by some very professional killers. The strange part of it was that she had not been on assignment. Nobody had a clue as to what she had found. But obviously she had found something. Something very gig and very bad. Too much for her, but just the right size for Matt Helm.

13th Printing

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

March 1971

ISBN 449 14163

11th Printing

Ballantine Books

June 1984

ISBN 449 12693

The Interlopers by Donald Hamilton

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Apr 012012

Who stands between the President and an assassin's bullet?

Matt Helm.....

Mission #12

Matt Helm finds out just how fatal blond hair can be when he takes over another man's identity, fiancee, and fate.

Matt Helm has had some pretty tough assignments but this one beat them all. For the fate of the entire free world rests on his cunning skill in outwitting a madman bent on destruction. The madman's quest? To assassinate the President of the United States! How can Matt Helm stop him? By putting his very life on the line as a decoy. In one of the most bizarre mixed-doubles counterespionage missions anyone's ever heard of. Matt Helm discovers that he isn't immune to fear, but that sheer guts will come to rescue every time.

Printing History

Fawcett Gold Medal Books

449-02464 M2494 ($0.95)

449-13994 (14th Printing) ($1.75)

Ballantine Books

1st Printing December 1983

2nd Printing (449-12907) February 1986

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