Order of Donald Hamilton Books
Donald Hamilton (1916-2006) was a Swedish-American author of spy fiction, crime fiction and Western novels. He is the author of the Matt Helm series. His writing career began in 1946, as he wrote for various magazines. Much of his novels were set in the Southwest. Hamilton spent most of his life in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He returned to Sweden late in life, where he died in 2006.
Donald Hamilton began his career in 1947 with the novel Date with Darkness. Below is a list of Donald Hamilton’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Matt Helm Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Date With Darkness | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Steel Mirror | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Night Walker | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Smoky Valley | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rough Company | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Line of Fire | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mad River | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Assignment: Murder | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Assassins Have Starry Eyes | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Big Country | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man from Santa Clara | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Texas Fever | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Two-Shoot Gun | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mona Intercept | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Murder Twice Told | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Guns of William Longley | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Iron Men and Silver Stars | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Greatest Western Stories of the 20th Century | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: Smoky Valley was also published under the title of Rough Company. Assignment: Murder was also published as Assassins Have Starry Eyes.
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Donald Hamilton Synopses: In Night Walker by Donald Hamilton, when Navy Lt. David Young woke up, he was in a hospital bed, bandaged up and being called by another name by the nurses. The worst part was that the person they thought Young was happened to be suspected of treason… and had drive his wife to murder. Now, David must stay one step ahead of his enemies. If not, next time he won’t be going to the hospital, he’ll be going to the morgue.
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