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Donald Hamilton


(Donald Bentgsson Hamilton)
USA flag (1916 - 2006)

American western, mystery and espionage writer, whose best know character was Matt Helm, a professional assassin working for a secret government agency. Helm, code named Eric, was a much more ruthless agent than his British colleague, Ian Fleming's James Bond. The famous 007 has a licence to kill but he actually matches violence with violence in self defense or to save the word or a beautiful woman. Helm is a pragmatic pro, who kills without remorse, like he was working on an assembly line business. Hamilton was nominated in 1977 and 1978 for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original by the Mystery Writers of America.
 

Genres: Thriller, Mystery
 
Series
Matt Helm
   1. Death of a Citizen (1960)
   2. The Wrecking Crew (1960)
   3. The Removers (1961)
   4. The Silencers (1962)
   5. Murderers' Row (1962)
   6. The Ambushers (1963)
   7. The Shadowers (1964)
   8. The Ravagers (1964)
   9. The Devastators (1965)
   10. The Betrayers (1966)
   11. The Menacers (1968)
   12. The Interlopers (1969)
   13. The Poisoners (1971)
   14. The Intriguers (1973)
   15. The Intimidators (1974)
   16. The Terminators (1975)
   17. The Retaliators (1976)
   18. The Terrorizers (1977)
   19. The Revengers (1982)
   20. The Annihilators (1983)
   21. The Infiltrators (1984)
   22. The Detonators (1985)
   23. The Vanishers (1986)
   24. The Demolishers (1987)
   25. The Frighteners (1989)
   26. The Threateners (1992)
   27. The Damagers (1993)
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Novels
   Date with Darkness (1947)
   The Steel Mirror (1948)
   Night Walker (1954)
   Rough Company (1954)
   Smoky Valley (1954)
   Line of Fire (1955)
   Assassins Have Starry Eyes (1956)
   Mad River (1956)
   The Big Country (1958)
   The Man From Santa Clara (1960)
   Texas Fever (1961)
   The Two-Shoot Gun (1972)
   The Mona Intercept (1980)
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Collections
   Murder Twice Told (1950)
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Anthologies containing stories by Donald Hamilton
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Gunfight! (1996)
Thirteen Western Stories
edited by
James C Work
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Dixie Ghosts (1988)
Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American South
(American Ghosts)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg, Frank D McSherry and Charles G Waugh

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