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Matricide at St. Martha's (Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mysteries #5)
by Ruth Dudley Edwards"The clever plot takes second place to the ebullience of the writing and spot-on inventiveness of the satire."—The TimesSt. Martha's College, Cambridge, had been staggering along on a shoestring for decades. Then alumna Alice Toon leaves her old school a huge fortune. The dons immediately fall to fighting over the spoils. The Virgins, led by Dame Maud Theodosia Buckbarrow, believe the bequests should be spent on scholarships. The Dykes—fewer in number but better street fighters—want to raise a center of Gender and Ethnic Studies. The Old Women (mostly men) dream of fine vintages to be laid down in a decent new wine cellar. Impasse!They've reckoned without the Bursar, Jack Troutbeck. She elects to infiltrate this maelstrom of politics with her own agent, Robert Amiss, a former civil servant with a talent for sorting things out. No sooner does he arrive on the scene where the Virgins are getting the upper hand than Dame Maud is murdered, leading into what Mike Ripley of The Daily Telegraph described as: "An acidly funny romp... Superbly bitchy on the none-too-fragrant groves of academe."
Matrimonio Italiano: Matrimonio Combinato Mafioso Miliardario (Gli Italiani (Indipendenti) #2)
by N. J. AdelAndare all'altare o morire Se fosse stato per me, la scelta sarebbe facile Morire Ma dovevo vivere. Non avrei lasciato che mio figlio venisse cresciuto dal diavolo che ha ucciso suo padre. Enzio Lanza possiede la vita del mio defunto marito. Ha persino la sua faccia. Il gemello di mio marito ha ucciso il suo stesso fratello ed ereditato il suo regno, sua moglie e figlio inclusi. Sposerò il mostro che ha fatto a pezzi la mia famiglia e il mio cuore Insegnerò a mio figlio come finire quello che suo figlio aveva finito prima che suo fratello gli sparasse Avremo la nostra vendetta, un omicidio alla volta Lascerò Enzio Lanza alla fine, e non sarò veloce. Matrimonio Italiano è un romanzo indipendente, oscuro e proibito, sulla Mafia e i matrimoni combinati. Assicurati ora la tua copia di questo romanzo mafioso in cui i nemici diventano amanti. Perché devi farlo.
Matrix Man (Rex Corvan #1)
by William C. DietzA cyborg journalist uncovers a conspiracy in this thrilling tale by the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the Damned. Rex Corvan is the World&’s Greatest Reporter. It&’s not the video camera implanted in his right eye. It&’s not his popularity with news audiences everywhere. What makes him a great reporter is his determination to run toward the story. With a killer on his tail, hopefully Rex can run fast enough. With his video technician Kim, Rex unravels the mystery of Matrix Man, a dangerous program controlled by a secret group looking to subvert the government. They&’ve already infiltrated the White House with deadly results. Now, they&’re coming after Rex and Kim. If Rex can break the story, it&’ll be the scoop of a lifetime. As long as his lifetime lasts long enough to get it done....
Matrix Man (Rex Corvan #1)
by William C. DietzA cyborg journalist uncovers a conspiracy in this thrilling tale by the New York Times–bestselling author of Legion of the Damned. Rex Corvan is the World&’s Greatest Reporter. It&’s not the video camera implanted in his right eye. It&’s not his popularity with news audiences everywhere. What makes him a great reporter is his determination to run toward the story. With a killer on his tail, hopefully Rex can run fast enough. With his video technician Kim, Rex unravels the mystery of Matrix Man, a dangerous program controlled by a secret group looking to subvert the government. They&’ve already infiltrated the White House with deadly results. Now, they&’re coming after Rex and Kim. If Rex can break the story, it&’ll be the scoop of a lifetime. As long as his lifetime lasts long enough to get it done....
Matt Helm - Death of a Citizen (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonMatt 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, these novels have been out of print and unavailable for almost 20 years. They were considered grittier and more realistic than Bond, garnering them critical praise and an ardent audience.
Matt Helm - Murderers' Row
by Donald HamiltonA brand-new edition of the classic novel.The department is concerned about professional assassin and counter-agent Matt Helm. Having been given a distasteful assignment - assaulting a fellow agent in order to establish her cover in an top-secret operation - the woman is now dead. Alone in Chesapeake Bay, and pursued by his own government, Helm must complete the dead agent's assignment and assassinate an enemy operative. Unless his employers get to him first..."Actually my 1993 novel, Without Remorse was written as a homage to Matt Helm, but with a Navy SEAL in the main role." - Tom Clancy
Matt Helm - The Ambushers
by Donald HamiltonA brand-new edition of the classic novel.A quiet mission of assassination is no sweat for legendary agent Matt Helm, until a shapely foreign agent he never got around to finishing off lures him into a strange trek in the wilds of northern Mexico, and a Russian missile smuggled out of Cuba falls into the hands of a political fanatic much too close to home.
Matt Helm - The Annihilators (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonMatt Helm has got a good thing going with Elly. So a terrorist outfit really have picked the wrong woman when they kidnap her in order to leverage Matt into carrying out an assassination. Now, Helm finds himself in Costa Verde with one thing on his mind: revenge...
Matt Helm - The Betrayers
by Donald HamiltonMatt Helm finds himself in Hawaii, trying to unhatch a plot of unrivalled viciousness. When an agent turns bad, nobody's business is private anymore, and when that agent decides to start a war, someone has to finish him--fast. Between the rogue agent and the stranger who insists she is his sister-in-law, this won't be a relaxing Pacific holiday.
Matt Helm - The Damagers (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonAssigned to accompany a gorgeous companion on a yacht trip, Matt Helm is soon tangling with a crew of dangerous women, a terrorist squad, and an elite organization led by a suave psychopath.
Matt Helm - The Demolishers
by Donald HamiltonMatt Helm was aware of Bultman - a legendary assassin, the leader of a group of fanatical revolutionaries, an ambitious criminal - but he had no business with taking him down. Until now. Bultman blew up a restaurant on the Florida coast full of innocent people, including Helm's son. Now, it's very personal.
Matt Helm - The Devastators (Matt Helm #9)
by Donald HamiltonOn a lonely heath in northern Scotland they recovered the body of the third agent sent to complete a tricky mission. He had died from bubonic plague. Somewhere on the moors was a half-crazed scientific genius who could kill millions, and it was Helm's job to get him, with the help of a beautiful American operative and a deadly Russian one.
Matt Helm - The Frighteners (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonMatt Helm has been assigned to impersonate a newlywed oilman, Horace Cody, who has been dabbling in arms dealing. Something tells Matt that the Mexican will not last long . . . and he is more right than he knows! The twenty-fifth in this spine-tingling, hard-hitting series.
Matt Helm - The Infiltrators (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonBeautiful, 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 - The Interlopers
by Donald HamiltonThis time Mac has gone too far. For Helm to impersonate a Communist courier to whom he bears no resemblance is suicide, and that isn't all. Someone wants to get the layout of the Alaskan North-west Coastal Defence System, but they aren't the goodies or the baddies. So who the hell are they? And who is the mysterious Holz that Helm is meant to kill?
Matt Helm - The Intimidators
by Donald HamiltonIt was a double mission this time. Firstly, to terminate a top-notch enemy agent. Secondly, to locate the missing fiancée of a Texas oil millionaire, lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Somehow these two cases were connected, but it wasn't clear how until more high-profile types disappeared. They weren't dead, just part of a deadly little game...
Matt Helm - The Intriguers
by Donald Hamilton"That cold-blooded human spider spinning his lousy webs of intrigue..."Matt Helm is on vacation in Mexico with nothing on his mind except fishing, when some joker tries to shoot him in the back. Naturally it was no accident. When secret agents get shot at, it never is. So Helm has to go back to work. At least there's a bonus in the form of his boss's beautiful daughter, a playmate in peril.
Matt Helm - The Menacers (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonMatt Helm is puzzled. He's been sent to Mexico to investigate the sighting of a flying saucer, but Helm doesn't believe in little green men. Then his Russian opposite number is shot in her hotel, but who did it? And why are the Mexican cops acting so tough? Time to track down the redhead who called in the sighting and get to the bottom of the case.
Matt Helm - The Poisoners
by Donald HamiltonWhen Matt Helm is dispatched to Los Angeles to investigate the shooting of an agent, it wasn't just an assignment--it was personal. To get the answers he wants means run-ins with two-bit hoods, a trio of beautiful women, a bunch of drug traffickers, and his old friend Mr Soo, whose government has ideas about polluting America to death...
Matt Helm - The Ravagers
by Donald HamiltonIt was not a peaceful way to die, but there was nothing Matt Helm could do for his fellow agent. He had found him in a Canadian motel room, his once-handsome face eaten away, corroded by acid. Scratch one agent. The women wouldn't be lining up for him now. But it created further problems. The most likely culprit was a woman Helm had orders to protect - no matter what the cost.
Matt Helm - The Removers
by Donald HamiltonA year after having been reactivated, Matt Helm receives a message from his ex-wife, asking for his aid. The threat is an enemy agent named Martel, disguised as a mob hitman. To protect his family, Helm must "remove" the threat before his own children pay the ultimate price.
Matt Helm - The Retaliators
by Donald HamiltonMatt 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.
Matt Helm - The Revengers (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonAt a funeral of an old friend, Matt Helm takes a trip down memory lane and sparks a romance that he thought was safely locked in the past. But with old feelings resurfacing, other things Helm thought were buried are coming back to haunt him - a small-time hood in Mexico, a dirty drug deal, and a string of women that lead him into dangerous territory.
Matt Helm - The Shadowers (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonABOUT THIS BOOK...A brand-new edition of the classic novel.In order to foil a mass assassination plot, Matt Helm must undertake his most dangerous mission: matrimony. An agent like Helm might be a nice man to live with for a while, be he's not the kind a woman would marry. Unless she has too. Unless it's all part of maintaining an ingenious cover. The man whose daily bread is violence takes a most unlikely bride - just to make sure death doesn't part them.
Matt Helm - The Silencers (Matt Helm)
by Donald HamiltonHelm is sent to extract a female agent working as a stripper in a bar in Mexico. When she is killed before Helm can complete his mission to extract her, he finds himself teamed up with the woman's sister as he fights to save the lives of a group of scientists and American officials. Perhaps the most famous of the titles, due to the Dean Martin film of the same name, but where the movies were tongue-in-cheek, the novels are breathtakingly brutal.