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Death of a Citizen is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm. The title refers to the metaphorical death of peaceful citizen and family man Matt Helm and the rebirth of the deadly and relentless assassin of World War II .
Helm, a wartime agent in a secret agency that specialized in the assassination of Nazis, is drawn back into a post-war world of espionage and assassination after fifteen years as a civilian. He narrates his adventures in a brisk, matter-of-fact tone with an occasional undertone of deadpan humor.
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- Paperback
- Donald Hamilton
Aug 26, 2014 · Death of a Citizen is the first of a 27 novel series about Matt Helm...and a threatened #28 The Dominators (hopefully he will finish it.) For a full list of the series (each book has its own report) and other books written by Donald Hamilton (Line of Fire is my fav).
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- Donald Hamilton
Feb 12, 2013 · 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.
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- Donald Hamilton
- Titan Books
About Matt Helm – Death of a Citizen. 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.
- Donald Hamilton
- Mass Market Paperback
Feb 5, 2013 · Death of a Citizen. ebook ∣ Matt Helm. By Donald Hamilton. Read a Sample. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Search for a digital library with this title. Learn more about precise location detection. Title found at these libraries: View more libraries...
In Death of a Citizen, the first book in Hamilton’s long-running Matt Helm series, the ex-spy Helm has his comfortable suburban life upended by the appearance of his former colleague at a neighborhood dinner party:
