The Menacers

1968 novel by Donald Hamilton
0-402-27172-6Preceded byThe Betrayers Followed byThe Interlopers 

The Menacers, first published in 1968, was the eleventh novel in the Matt Helm spy series by Donald Hamilton and the first published since the launch of the Matt Helm film series starring Dean Martin.

Plot summary

For reasons unknown, flying saucers apparently with United States Air Force markings have begun attacking locations in Mexico. Helm's mission is to transport a witness to one of these attacks to Washington, and to stop her at all costs from being captured by Soviet agents, even if that means killing her.

Film connection

The flying saucer aspect of the plot was loosely borrowed for the 1967 Matt Helm film The Ambushers, starring Dean Martin (which was otherwise mostly based on the novel The Ambushers).

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The Matt Helm series by Donald Hamilton
Novels
  • Death of a Citizen (1960)
  • The Wrecking Crew (1960)
  • The Removers (1961)
  • The Silencers (1962)
  • Murderers' Row (1962)
  • The Ambushers (1963)
  • The Shadowers (1964)
  • The Ravagers (1964)
  • The Devastators (1965)
  • The Betrayers (1966)
  • The Menacers (1968)
  • The Interlopers (1969)
  • The Poisoners (1971)
  • The Intriguers (1972)
  • The Intimidators (1974)
  • The Terminators (1975)
  • The Retaliators (1976)
  • The Terrorizers (1977)
  • The Revengers (1982)
  • The Annihilators (1983)
  • The Infiltrators (1984)
  • The Detonators (1985)
  • The Vanishers (1986)
  • The Demolishers (1987)
  • The Frighteners (1989)
  • The Threateners (1992)
  • The Damagers (1993)
  • The Dominators (unpublished)
Films
  • The Silencers (1966)
  • Murderers' Row (1966)
  • The Ambushers (1967)
  • The Wrecking Crew (1969)
Television series
  • Matt Helm (1975)


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