About the book: year / Donald Hamilton - American writer Donald Hamilton was born in 1916 in the university town of Uppsala in central Sweden. At the age of eight, he and his parents found a second home overseas. Donald learned to speak and write English only in elementary school. Military service during the Second World War became an important milestone in his life: there he acquired professional and everyday experience, which later turned out to be an inexhaustible source of fascinating stories for him. After the war, Hamilton decided to try himself. in the field of journalism and quickly acquired the agility of his pen, in which he was not inferior to the native Yankees - his fellow craftsmen. ”, after which he published a dozen more cool crime thrillers and action adventures. In 1960, being, as they say, a widely known author in narrow circles, he offered the Fossett publishing house the manuscript of the novel “The Death of a Citizen,” which featured Matt Helm, an agent. a killer acting on instructions from some deeply secret structure within the American government. The publisher liked the novel so much that Hamilton received a tempting offer to create a series about the adventures of Matt Helm. Since then, for three decades, another thriller about the exploits of Matt Helm has appeared about once a year. Matt Helm is a typical, if not generic, spy thriller hero. He masterfully wields a .38-caliber five-shooter revolver and a short-bladed combat knife. He uses weapons of a different kind just as irresistibly, easily winning the hearts and bodies of the fair sex, whom he encounters in various parts of the globe on business. Contents: 1. Death of a Citizen 2. Elimination Group 3. Eliminators 4. Pacifiers 5. Murderers' Alley 6. Ambush 7. On the Heels 8. Devastators 9. Sowers of Death 10. Traitors 11. Malefactors 12. Amateurs 13. Poisoners 14. Intrigues 15. Blackmailers