The Removers (Matt Helm, Book 3)
Donald Hamilton
Language: English
Pages: 115
ISBN: B000OP526S
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Book 3 of 27 in the series. 2013 retail epub of the novel which was first released in 1961. 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.
A year after having been reactivated, Matt Helm receives a message from his ex-wife, asking for his aid. The threat is an enemy agent named Martel, disguised as a mob hitman. To protect his family, Helm must "remove" the threat before his own children pay the ultimate price.
shower running. Then I went back and picked her up and walked her in there and shoved her under the water, underwear and all. Sentiment is all very well, but she could grieve just as hard without looking like a major war casualty. I got aspirin from the medicine cabinet, swallowed three tablets with water, and waited to make sure she’d be all right in there. After a little, some wet lingerie came flying over the frosted glass shower door, barely missing me. If she had that much strength, she’d
for the roar of an XK-150S, but Beth hardly qualified as a sports-car expert. To her, a car was just something that ran until it stopped running, after which you got a man to fix it for you. I looked at her standing there, still in her lady-of-the-ranch costume, regarding the toes of her handsome saddle-leather pumps with downcast eyes, like a teen-ager in the principal’s office. “Where is he?” I asked. She said, “Matt, I—” I wanted to shake her. “Where’s he gone?” I demanded. She didn’t
wheel lying there. “Go on, Fenn,” he said. “Have your fun. They ain’t giving me no trouble. None that I can’t handle.” Martell said, in his best Fenn voice, “Nobody’s dying for you today, Duchess. Too bad.” Beth licked her lips, pulled her shoulders back, and walked straight into the bedroom. He followed her and closed the door. It didn’t take long. There wasn’t time enough for me to even begin talking to Joey, without looking as if I was rushing things. He was wide open for it. I could have
contributed his uniform blouse.” She was silent for a moment; then she went on: “Your boss seems to be a man of influence. The doctors haven’t said a word about bullet wounds. The papers just reported the ‘accident’ in a few lines. I... we’re very grateful, Matt. If there had been any publicity, it would never have been... well, right, again. You know what I mean. He’s been trying to live it all down. He doesn’t want to be a hero, any more than a villain. He just wants to be a. a peaceful,
but they do make fine optical equipment, what?” “Right,” I said. There was a kind of sadness in his face. He was clearly wondering if he should try to explain himself to me and ask for my understanding, not knowing that he already had it. I understood him, all right. I’d retired from violence once myself, right after the war. I’d been a respectable, reasonably prosperous citizen, with a nice home and family, only something had happened and it hadn’t worked out. Something was happening to him,