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Informationen zum Autor Donald Hamilton is the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post . His first novel was Date With Darkness , published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen , was originally published in 1960, at the height of the Cold War. Klappentext A brand-new edition of the classic novel. The department is concerned about professional assassin and counter-agent Matt Helm. Having been given a distasteful assignment - assaulting a fellow agent in order to establish her cover in an top-secret operation - the woman is now dead. Alone in Chesapeake Bay, and pursued by his own government, Helm must complete the dead agent's assignment and assassinate an enemy operative. Unless his employers get to him first... "Actually my 1993 novel, Without Remorse was written as a homage to Matt Helm, but with a Navy SEAL in the main role." - Tom Clancy Zusammenfassung The department is concerned about Matt Helm. Having been given a distasteful assignment - assaulting a fellow agent in order to establish her cover in a top-secret operation - the woman is now dead. Alone in Chesapeake Bay, and pursued by his own government, Helm must complete the dead agent's assignment and assassinate an enemy operative.
