Hamilton took a break from writing Matt Helm novels after this book; the next volume would not appear until 1992.
Plot summaryEdit
Helm is assigned to impersonate a rich oil baron in order to track down a shipment of weapons before it can be used to overthrow the Mexican government.
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Matt Helm starts by taking the place of an oil millionaire -- one of the assignments where Mac is helping another agency by loaning out the services of his agent, Matt Helm. As usual, Mac is not doing this from purely altruistic purposes and gives Matt his usual warning - "Don't trust anyone" in the beginning of the novel. Head of the agency borrowing Matt Helm, a man called Somerset, wants Matt to go into Mexico and help trace a shipment of illegal arms, supposedly being smuggled to be supplied to Mexican revolutionaries by the said millionaire Horace Hosmer Cody.
In the beginning of the novel, Cody is arrested by Somerset's people and Helm takes his place with a make up job that he thinks will fool no one and it doesn't. Almost all of the story takes place in Mexico where Matt once again runs into his old ally Ramon Solana-Ruiz of the Mexican security.
The novel has much intrigue and is typical of Matt Helm style action. Most of the characters turn out to be different than from what they are portrayed at the beginning of the story and many of them go through transformation, including some of the dead characters. Matt, of course, succeeds in the mission completing all of the objectives, sometimes with help from others.
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frighteners, novel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, frighteners, novel, news, newspapers, books, sch. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Frighteners novel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Frighteners not to be confused with the film of the same title is a 1989 spy novel by Donald Hamilton continuing the adventures of his creation assassin Matt Helm The Frighteners1989 paperback editionAuthorDonald HamiltonCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSeriesMatt HelmGenreSpy novelPublisherBallantinePublication dateJune 1989Media typePrint Paperback Pages314 pp first edition paperback ISBN0 449 14521 2 first edition paperback OCLC19765968Preceded byThe Demolishers Followed byThe Threateners Hamilton took a break from writing Matt Helm novels after this book the next volume would not appear until 1992 Plot summary EditHelm is assigned to impersonate a rich oil baron in order to track down a shipment of weapons before it can be used to overthrow the Mexican government This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 Matt Helm starts by taking the place of an oil millionaire one of the assignments where Mac is helping another agency by loaning out the services of his agent Matt Helm As usual Mac is not doing this from purely altruistic purposes and gives Matt his usual warning Don t trust anyone in the beginning of the novel Head of the agency borrowing Matt Helm a man called Somerset wants Matt to go into Mexico and help trace a shipment of illegal arms supposedly being smuggled to be supplied to Mexican revolutionaries by the said millionaire Horace Hosmer Cody In the beginning of the novel Cody is arrested by Somerset s people and Helm takes his place with a make up job that he thinks will fool no one and it doesn t Almost all of the story takes place in Mexico where Matt once again runs into his old ally Ramon Solana Ruiz of the Mexican security The novel has much intrigue and is typical of Matt Helm style action Most of the characters turn out to be different than from what they are portrayed at the beginning of the story and many of them go through transformation including some of the dead characters Matt of course succeeds in the mission completing all of the objectives sometimes with help from others External links EditSynopsis and summary This article about a spy novel of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Frighteners novel amp oldid 1082700997, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
