Death of a Citizen (Matt Helm, Book 1)
Donald Hamilton
Language: English
Pages: 113
ISBN: 0449127982
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Book 1 of 27 in the series. 2013 retail epub of the novel which was first released in 1960. The series is being slowly released as first-time ebooks by Titan Books one at a time beginning in 2013. At the current rate book 27 will be out in ebook format in 2017.
Matt Helm, one-time special agent for the American government during the Second World War, has left behind his violent past to raise a family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. When a former colleague turns rogue and kidnaps his daughter, Helm is forced to return to his former life as a deadly and relentless assassin.
Originally released in the era of the James Bond novels, these novels have been out of print and unavailable for almost 20 years. They were considered grittier and more realistic than Bond, garnering them critical praise and an ardent audience.
they always seem like a cross between a practical joke and a miracle from heaven. Our youngest, Betsy, sound asleep, had wispy blonde baby-hair and a square, pretty little face that was lengthening out now as she got her first teeth. She was not quite two. Her head still looked too big for her body, and her feet looked too small for anything human. I heard a sound behind me as I covered her up, and turned to face Beth. I said, “Shouldn’t she have a sleeper on?” When you’ve nothing whatever to
corner. I don’t know where she was going, and I don’t think she knew, either. It was strictly against instructions and common sense for me to contact her so openly and so close to our target; and taking her back to my place was sheer criminal folly, endangering the whole mission as well as the French family sheltering me. But I could see that I had an emergency on my hands and it was time to shoot the works. Luck was with us—luck and the lousy weather. I got her inside unseen, made sure of the
it, I stuck my head inside. “Get over on that mattress and hang on,” I said. “And you’d better stick your false teeth in your purse so you don’t swallow them. They forgot to supply springs with this thing.” I closed the door, and started to turn away. Then a screen door slammed at the house, and I saw Beth come out of the kitchen and start across the flagstone patio in the glare of the lights. Well, she could have come at a worse time. I locked the truck canopy and went to meet her. “I brought
was one nice thing about the war. You could leave them where they fell.” It took us two trips to get everything out of the truck that did not belong there. Driving away, we did not speak for several miles. Presently she turned the rearview mirror towards her and started combing the dust and cobwebs out of her hair by the glow of the dashboard. I heard a small sound and glanced at her. She was laughing. “What’s funny now?” I asked. “Mac said you’d know what to do.” I didn’t really think it was
the matter, darling?” It was Beth’s voice, behind me. “You look positively grim. Aren’t you having a good time?” I turned to look at her, and she looked pretty enough to take your breath away. She was what you might describe as a tallish, willowy girl—well, after bearing three children I guess she was entitled to be called a woman, but she looked like a girl. She had light hair and clear blue eyes and a way of smiling at you—at me, anyway—that could make you feel seven feet tall instead of only