Donald Hamilton (Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Principal Series
The Matt Helm series, 1960-
Principal Series Character
Matt Helm, an American working for a nameless bureau that specializes in doing the government’s dirty work (principally counterespionage and assassination of enemy spies). Having learned his trade during World War II, Helm retired from active duty until his past forced him back into the business.
Contribution
The Matt Helm series has done for the United States what Ian Fleming’s Bond books did for Great Britain—provide the public with a contemporary model of the life...
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