The Betrayers, Donald Hamilton
The Betrayers, Donald Hamilton
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The Betrayers

Author: Donald Hamilton

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 11/24/2015

Synopsis

The Betrayers is the tenth installment in Donald Hamilton’s iconic and thrilling Matt Helm series, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.Far out in the Pacific among the sunny islands of Hawaii, a dark venomous plot is engineered by a rogue agent, an angel-faced man called the Monk, who has a special fondness for high explosives. His target is an American troopship with three thousand US soldiers scheduled to blow sky high—unless Matt Helm can stop him. But first Helm has to trust the beautiful stranger who claims to be his sister-in-law, and insists that his former “wife” had just willed him half a million dollars.

About Donald Hamilton

Donald Hamilton (1916–2006) was the creator of Matt Helm, star of twenty-seven novels that have sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the US Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier’s and the Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date with Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published thirty-eight novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally published in 1960, at the height of the Cold War.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

Another excellent book very well read by Stefan Rudnicki. His voice is perfect for Helm & he does a good job on the other characters. The only problem I have with this book is I'd love to be able to read just how Helm's "wife" died between this book & the last. Maybe that's not really a problem. It'......more

Goodreads review by Harv

This is one of my favorite Matt Helms. Not to disappoint, once again Donald Hamilton has his hero Matt Helm trying like hell to get himself captured by the enemy, so he can complete his mission. Aside from a bit of awkwardness immediately after Matt is captured by "the enemy" I like everything about t......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin)

So, I've been burning through these (though I will probably take a break before I move on to the next). These are excellent brain junk food (I mean I can't really say brain-candy as they're a bit violent. maybe they're brain cheeseburgers?). Well written, fast moving, the character(s) remain true to......more

Goodreads review by Jim

My original, quick review was, "I think it as well written as any other in the series, but I never liked it quite as much as the others." I must have been in a bad mood that day. I quite enjoyed it this time around. Even in a small, tightly run organization like the unnamed one that Helm works for,......more

Goodreads review by Ted

I wonder sometimes if the CIA of the past 40 years doesn't require all agents to consume all of the Donal Hamilton canon, thus creating the absolutely inane situations our country finds itself in. Perhaps the best and brightest of the CIA field ops are only as good as what they have read in the Matt......more

Quotes

“A real world with a real character.” Tom Clancy, New York Times bestselling author, praise for the series

“Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Dashiell Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told.” New York Times, praise for the author

“Helm is about as credible a figure as one can find in the espionage genre.” New Republic, praise for the author

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