Line of Fire (novel)

Line of Fire is a thriller novel by Donald Hamilton.

Plot summary and Evaluation
An assassination attempt carried out for a local crime boss by gun shop owner Paul Nyquist, is interrupted by a young woman. Among Hamilton's early works, it is easily as believable as Death of a Citizen, the origin of Hamilton's Helm series. Hamilton achieves here the difficult job of offering an Action-Adventure that requires no suspension of disbelief by the reader.

Publication history

 * 1955, USA, Dell, Dell First Edition #46, paperback
 * 1956, UK, Allan Wingate, hardcover
 * 1958, UK, Panther #768, paperback
 * 1964, USA, Fawcett Publications, Gold Medal k1480, paperback, reprinted several times
 * 1969, UK, Hodder Fawcett (publisher), Coronet Books, paperback