Line of Fire (novel)

Line of Fire
Paperback original
AuthorDonald Hamilton
Cover artistRaymond Pease
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherDell
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)

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