Sam Durell Series by Edward S. Aarons
Sam Durell #1
Assignment to Disaster
Edward S. Aarons
Sam Durell heard it first at K Section of the Central Intelligence Agency: Calvin Padgett had disappeared. He had vanished from his guarded quarters, slipped past the MPs, got beyond the barbed wire, eluded the radar screen, escaped the 'copter patrol, and disappeared.
From Washington, D. C, the orders poured out: "Assign Samuel Durell. Tell him to find Padgett, stop him, gag him. If necessary, kill him. Durell has four days to accomplish assignment."
Ninety-six hours for Sam Durell to track down the one man who knew everything about our missile and satellite program.
It was the tough agent's toughest assignment.
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Sam Durell #2
Assignment- Treason
Edward S. Aarons
Number 2 (of42) in Aarons' famed "Assignment" series, sometimes known as the Sam Durell series, following CIA Agent Sam Durell in his adventures all over the world. Stories in this series take place in more or less the time at which they were written. While each can standalone, there are occasional references to people or incidents from previous assignments. At the time of his death in 1975, his novels had sold more than 23 million copies.
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Sam Durell #4
Assignment - Stella Marni
Edward S. Aarons
Most blondes are dangerous — but Stella Marni was murder on heels...
Locked inside that beautiful head was the key Sam Durell had to find — the identity of the leader who trafficked in souls between New York and Budapest.
Hungarian refugees were vanishing like smoke — and turning up dead behind the Iron Curtain. The C.I.A. assigned Sam Durell to stop Stand Stella Marni was his only clue.
She was one of the most desirable women Durell had ever seen. She had the kind of cool, unearthly beauty a man would lie, betray, kill for-and follow to the brink of hell.
A nation had entrusted Durell with its secrets. He carried a gun to defend them, but against a woman like Stella Marni there was no weapon to keep a man safe...
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Sam Durell #6
Assignment - Angelina
Edward S. Aarons
IN ARIZONA a man named Tom Everett who operated a filling station had been brutally beaten before his throat was cut.
IN INDIANA a man named John Miller who ran a contracting company had been killed in exactly the same way.
IN NEW YORK a man named Perry Hayward who worked in an advertising agency died in terrible agony.
IN LOUISIANA a man named Peter Labouisse who owned a fishing boat was mutilated before his jugular vein was slit.
And the link between these murders was a beautiful, fiery woman called Angelina. Durell had to get to her first, find out what she knew, and save her from the depraved sadism of the hired killers, the cool cunning of the inquisitors.
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Sam Durell #8
Assignment Carlotta Cortez
Edward S. Aarons
Duncan had two things going against him. He was married to the evil Carlotta and he flew U.S. Air Force bombers with the nuclear bombs that Carlotta wanted. Unable to deny her anything, he agreed to fake a malfunction and land the plane where Carlotta and her team could hijack the nukes.
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Sam Durell #9
Assignment Helene
Edward S. Aarons
In the newly created country Salangap, deep in the Indochina region, General Trang is leading the Xu Bhien in a revolt to take over the nascent nation. An American seems to be a major player in the action and Durell's job is to find out who he or she is and eliminate the problem.
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Sam Durell #10
Assignment Lili Lamaris
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett gold medal book.The previous agent of the assignment has been killed and Durell, not knowing yet what the mission is, has to fly to Rome to take the slain agent's place. He may be ignorant of the true nature of the job, however, he is not ignorant of the fact that he is being followed by the killer.
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Sam Durell #11
Assignment Zoraya
Edward S. Aarons
The man called the Q'adi was a religious zealot who wanted to start a jihad to drive the infidels out of his beloved country of Jidrat. Colonel Ta-arife was a leader who wanted to become the leader of more than just a small Emirate. Together they could tear the Middle East apart.
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Sam Durell #14
Assignment Burma Girl
Edward S. Aarons
In the outer region of Burma, a new movement called the Lahpet Hao is plaguing the existing regime, threatening to take over the territory, creating a connection between China and Laos and Cambodia, making subversion and gun trafficking easier.
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Sam Durell #17
Assignment Sorrento Siren
Edward S. Aarons
Ellen Armbridge is a CIA agent stationed in Geneva. She is also in love with a man named Jack Talbot. Talbot in turn is in love with Francesca, the Contessa d'Apollio. He also is suspected of stealing a set of ancient scrolls in order to sell them to Francesca's husband.
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Sam Durell #19
Assignment The Girl in the Gondola
Edward S. Aarons
The girl in the gondola is Lisette Pollini, widow of the Italian general who was killed because of what he knew was happening in Albania. Or he was killed by Albanian refugees still filled with hatred from the war.
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Sam Durell #21
Assignment The Cairo Dancers
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett Gold Medal book. 'Durell got his orders from McFee, Chief of K Section of the CIA."This time," McFee told Durell, "it's really hot, Sam. All signals are red - everywhere.""And it's up to me -""It's up to you. Find that underground railway or whatever it is that the best agents in the world can't trace. Find it, buy a ticket on it, and ride it to its final destination."Durell said, "They might not let me in the station, so to speak.""I don't care how you get aboard, Sam, but you must find the other terminal. Be a decoy. Play it dumb. Blunder about a bit." McFee looked haunted. "Of course, Sam, you could get killed . . .Despite the image of beautiful, scantily clad women dancing seductively while lustful men lounge on cushions eating dates, the Cairo Dancers are a powerful, deadly organization determined to take control of the entire Middle East, even if they have to bring destruction to the rest of the world to do it.
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Sam Durell #22
Assignment School for Spies
Edward S. Aarons
Recovering in Athens from wounds, Durell learns but refuses to believe the astonishing news that his long love, Deirdre Padgett, had met an East German agent, married him, and defected behind the Iron Curtain.
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Sam Durell #23
Assignment Cong Hai Kill
Edward S. Aarons
Anne-Marie Danat is a wealthy French plantation owner in Thailand, in love with Orris Lantern, an American Special Forces deserter. Orris had become a major leader in the Cong Hai, a Communist rebel group operating with the Viet Cong. Now Orris wants out and has secrets to bargain with.
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Sam Durell #27
Assignment Nuclear Nude
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett gold medal book.A painter of nondescript value has painted a good but unremarkable painting named the Nuclear Nude. It was bought for a few hundred dollars by an extremely wealthy American industrialist who had many more important works in his collection. And of all the paintings he had, the Nude was the one stolen.
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Sam Durell #28
Assignment Peking
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett gold medal book.He was Sam Durell, Caucasian master spy for K Section. Now he is Major San Tze Peng, Occidental master spy for the Black House of L-5 in Peking. Surgically altered to look like the tall Chinese, he must sneak his way into the People's Republic of China and find out who are the Sentinels.
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Sam Durell #29
Assignment White Rajah
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett Gold Medal book.Someone was stealing American fighter planes. Not one at a time once in a while but in groups. More than a dozen Thrashers were missing from Southeast Asia and Durell is sent in to find out who and direct American forces in to recover them.
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Sam Durell #30
Assignment Star Stealers
Edward S. Aarons
The U.S., the Soviets, and the Red Chinese are all facing the same unbelievable problem. Someone is stealing the intelligence gathered by each country's satellites, wiping their memory banks, and selling the secrets to the opposition.
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Sam Durell #31
Assignment Tokyo
Edward S. Aarons
Someone's canister washed up on the shore of a northern Japanese. Whose canister it was remained a mystery even but not the deadliness of its contents. When the fisherman who found it opened it, he and his entire village died. The Soviets send their best agent, Comrade Skoll, a former nemesis of Durell.
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Sam Durell #32
Assignment Golden Girl
Edward S. Aarons
A Fawcett gold medal book.She called herself Sally. He called himself Prince Mujilikaka. She had only recently met Durell. He had known Durell years ago. She was someone Durell liked immensely. He was someone Durell regretted knowing. Both were legal claimants to the Elephant Throne of Pakuru. And the Red Chinese want both dead.
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Sam Durell #33
Assignment Bangkok
Edward S. Aarons
It was a simple assignment; find out what is causing two Thai tribes to be at war again after so many years. But from the moment he arrived in Bangkok, it has been nothing but trouble, starting with being thrown into a small cell in the back streets, left to die for no apparent reason.
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Sam Durell #34
Assignment Maltese Maiden
Edward S. Aarons
Twice Durell has crossed the path of the deadly Madame Hung, the last time he was certain he had killed her. Now she is back and she had kidnapped General McFee, Durell's boss at K Section. The question is whether she is after McFee, or is she using him as bait to get Durell.
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Sam Durell #35
Assignment- Silver Scorpion
Edward S. Aarons
Sam Durell was a chief field agent for K section of the CIA. He had been in the business too long to quit now no matter how much his life was at stake.
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Sam Durell #36
Assignment Ceylon
Edward S. Aarons
Ira Sanderson had gotten himself kidnapped. The Tamil rebels of Ceylon had taken the American and were making strong demands for his release. Durell's mission was to get Sanderson released and, if possible, eliminate the Naga, or head of the Tamil fighters.
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Sam Durell #38
Assignment Sumatra
Edward S. Aarons
Lydia Morgan was a member of the CIA's 'sanitation squad' working for Eli Plowman and rated with the rare 'Q' clearance, the authority to kill as necessary. She, unfortunately, liked her work too much, which made Durell, forced to be her partner on this assignment, very nervous.
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Sam Durell #39
Assignment Quayle Question
Edward S. Aarons
It was a mixed alphabet soup assignment. Durell from the CIA, a man from the FBI, and two from the DIA, all working to stop a team of assassins from removing those on a list, one of whom is Sam's great love, Deirdre.
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