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Death of a Citizen

Matt Helm, Book 1

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Death of a Citizen

By: Donald Hamilton
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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The first installment in the legendary Matt Helm thrillers

Matt Helm, one-time special agent for the American government during the Second World War, has left behind his violent past to raise a family in Santa Fe, New Mexico. When a former colleague turns rogue and kidnaps his daughter, Helm is forced to return to his former life as a deadly and relentless assassin.

Originally released in the era of the James Bond novels, the Matt Helm novels were considered grittier and more realistic than Bond, garnering them critical praise and an ardent audience.

©1960, 2014 Donald Hamilton (P)2014 Blackstone Audio
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Not a bad story, I've certainly heard a lot worse. the narration was excellent

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Dated action-wise, just too slow.

I gave up a couple hours in just waiting for something to happen. It's good enough in terms of setting the scene and characters but lacks the action a modern audience is used to and the wit of contemporary noir to make up.

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not a bad thriller at all, especially for free!

Well worth a listen, good shorter story, narration was a bit flat but I rekon I'm going to listen to the next one anyway.

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main character not very likeable.

not a bad story and the voices are good but the main character is just not very likeable.

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Boring, but the reader has a nice voice.

The pompous protagonist walks through an uninspired story. Some good details, but not enough to make it worth the time.

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Just didnt get going

I am 2 hours in and the story just has not got going yet, so delete and move on, sorry.

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I feel like I missed the point of this story, what's next? what's the lesson?

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