The Retaliators

Matt Helm is unexpectedly rich, and he doesn't like it. Twenty thousand mysterious dollars appear in his bank account, but this is no time for celebration. Another secret agent with an unexplained surplus is murdered, and Helm figures he better work out who his "benefactor" is before he becomes the next target. Donald Hamilton is the creator of secret agent Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide - a new Matt Helm movie is currently in pre-production at Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks studio. In addition to the Matt Helm novels, Hamilton wrote a number of outstanding stand-alone thrillers and westerns, including The Big Country.