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
External links Review by Bill Crider Review by Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm