The Ambushers [Mass Market Paperback]

Donald Hamilton (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett Publications (1966)
• ASIN: B001V0RNW6
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helm meets his match, October 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ambushers (Matt Helm) (Mass Market Paperback)

Our Man Helm is in trouble. It seems he carried out a mission as required but overlooked an ex-Nazi agent and a Russian missile in the process. Matt is sent to find both after they disappear. He is also given a broken female agent to rehabilitate as an extra duty. An above average Helm adventure, this mission introduces Vadya, the seductive Russian agent who will bedevil our hero in several more adventures. The political assassination in the first chapters will also have future repercussions for Helm. As always, Hamilton mixes an exciting tale with bits of Helm's sardonic humor ( a hallmark of the Fawcett paperback series heroes). By all means find this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tough and realistic secret agent story, December 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ambushers (Matt Helm) (Mass Market Paperback)

Matt Helm embarks on a secret mission in Costa Verde at which time he finds a Russian missile, a Nazi WWII soldier, and a severely tortured girl. When Matt reports to Mac, he is assigned to find the missile which is now in Mexico. Here he has his first encounter with a beautiful Russian agent named, "Vadya" and enters into a contest to destroy the missile. This is another of author Donald Hamiltons great Matt Helm series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interesting one, well put-together, July 11, 2011

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This review is from: The Ambushers (Matt Helm) (Mass Market Paperback)

I want to give this one 4.5 stars--I'd give it 5, except there was a scene or two that seemed a little "cartoony", maybe. Even those slight faults were forgivable, even sort of fun (even had a few nice "realistic" touches to them) but it was a little "too much" compared to what I've gotten used to in this series.

However, beyond that quibble (and I hope the time I spent on it doesn't make it seem more significant than it is, that's the problem with going to some length trying to explain how something isn't a big problem, I guess...) this might've been as good as any Helm I've read so far, and is arguably the best (I started from the first and have so far read thru to this one). A new, and well-rendered locale opens the book, and the characters encountered are all pretty interesting.

This is definitely ANOTHER don't miss, as far as I'm concerned, if you like Matt Helm books.