The Intimidators

The Matt Helm Series, Book 15

By: Donald Hamilton

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

It was a double mission this time: First, to terminate a top-notch enemy agent. Second, to locate the missing fiancee 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....

©1974, 2015 Donald Hamilton (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media, Inc.

Starts with the old weirdness and character flaws ends better

There are times when this series does some interesting and maybe unique things with the plot twists.

But just when you think the character is developing, he sort of back tracks.

There are times when the main characters sexism and racism and homophobia needlessly reassert and in a tone like that of a grumpy old man chasing kids off his lawn.

The geek out on ‘high tech’ concepts like boating through narrow channels while up on a plane is noticeably from earlier times and yet interesting too.

The new college back story for Matt Helm described during this book is interesting as well and makes me wonder how much Lee Child might have directly or indirectly been influenced by the character in what almost seems like a Jack Reacher genesis scenario, maybe Matt Helm was a distant uncle or cousin of Reacher’s father.

Darlings

No one has every woman he meets call him darling. Where is he editor? Seriously, it messes with the entire story. I won’t read a famous author because he uses “inordinately” dozens of times on just a few pages. He does sound sexist and racist. A different era, I suppose..

Helm is king.

Another addition to my awesome list! I always feel like I'm right there, partaking in the madness. What a great reading. Directed beautifully, as always.

Great story

I have always read Matt Helm books and looked forward to hearing this book. I really enjoy how Stefan Rudnicki narrates all Matt Helm books

he gets himself out of lots of jams

he gets himself out a lot of jams and gets to meet a lot of women not always good women but a lot of women