Beautiful, intelligent, fresh out of prison, Madeleine Ellershaw is Matt Helm's latest case. Madeleine may have been imprisoned as a spy, but Helm soon realizes that her story isn't so simple. He's got to figure out why she took the rap for her husband nine years ago, what secrets are hiding in her past, and, most difficult of all: keep her alive.

Matt Helm is a cultural icon to rival James Bond and the star if 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, four blockbuster movies with Dean Martin in the lead role, and a classic TV series. A new Matt Helm movie is currently in development at Paramount, with a screenplay by Oscar-nominated writer Paul Attanasio (Donnie Brasco, The Sum of All Fears). Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) has been attached to direct; Matt Helm creator Donald Hamilton was nominated twice for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original by the Mystery Writers of America; Will sit alongside; Titan's reissues of the classic Helen MacInnes espionage thriller, as well as the hardboiled crime novels of our Hard Case Crime imprint.

About the Author
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 pro-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.


Book Information
ISBN 9781783299874
Author Donald Hamilton
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Titan Books Ltd
Publisher Titan Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 227g
Dimensions(mm) 175mm * 107mm * 30mm