Nick Carter Books In Order
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Run, Spy, Run | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The China Doll | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Checkmate in Rio | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Safari for Spies | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fraulein Spy | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saigon | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Bullet for Fidel | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 13th Spy | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eyes of the Tiger | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Istanbul | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Web of Spies | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spy Castle | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terrible Ones | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon Flame | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hanoi | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danger Key | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Starvation | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mind Poisoners | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weapon Of Night | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Golden Serpent | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mission to Venice | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double Identity | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Cockpit | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chinese Paymaster | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Against Greece | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Korean Tiger | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment Israel | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Guard | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The filthy five | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bright Blue Death | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Macao | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Moon Rocket | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Judas Spy | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hood of Death | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amsterdam | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Temple of Fear | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fourteen Seconds to Hell | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Defector | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carnival for Killing | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rhodesia | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Rays | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peking: The Tulip affair | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amazon | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sea Trap | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Berlin | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cobra Kill | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Human Time Bomb | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living Death | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Che Guevara | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doomsday Formula | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Snake | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Casbah Killers | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arab Plague / Slavemaster | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Rebellion | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Executioners | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Death | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mind Killers | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time Clock of Death | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cambodia | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Death Strain | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jewel of Doom | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moscow | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Bomb Zero | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mark of Cosa Nostra | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cairo Mafia / Cairo | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inca Death Squad | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assault on England | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Omega Terror | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Code Name: Werewolf | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strike Force Terror | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Agent Counter-agent | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hour of the Wolf | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our Agent in Rome Is Missing | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kremlin File | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spanish Connection | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Death's Head Conspiracy | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Peking Dossier | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Target: Doomsday Island | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of the Avenger | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Butcher of Belgrade | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assassination Brigade | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Liquidator, The | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil's Dozen | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice-Trap Terror | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assassin Code Name Vulture | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stolen Pay Train, | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Massacre in Milan | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vatican Vendetta | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sign of the Cobra | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man Who Sold Death | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The N3 Conspiracy | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beirut Incident | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of the Falcon | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aztec Avenger | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Code | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jerusalem File | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Counterfeit Agent | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six Bloody Summer Days | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Katmandu Contract | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Z Document | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dr. Death | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ultimate Code | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment Intercept | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Green Wolf Connection | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fanatics of Al Asad | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Snake Flag Conspiracy | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Turncoat | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sign of the Prayer Shawl | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan Disaster | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A High Yield In Death | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nichovev Plot, The | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triple Cross | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gallagher Plot | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plot for the Fourth Reich | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Message | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The List | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under the Wall | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ebony Cross | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Doubles | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Race of Death | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Paradise | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pamplona Affair | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Doomsday Spore | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revenge of the Generals | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Asian Mantrap | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thunderstrike In Syria | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Redolmo Affair | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jamaican Exchange | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tropical Deathpact | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pemex Chart | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hawaii | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Satan Trap | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reich Four | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nowhere Weapon | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strike of the Hawk | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of the Dingo | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tarantula Strike | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ten Times Dynamite | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eighth Card Stud | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Suicide Seat | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Mission: Havana | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Coyote Connection | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The G Man | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Society of Nine | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Bull | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dubrovnik Massacre | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Solar Menace | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Strontium Code | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pleasure Island | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cauldron of Hell | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Parisian Affair | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turkish Bloodbath | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chessmaster | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Samurai | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Puppet Master | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dominican Affair | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Damocles Threat | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Earth Shaker | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Treason Game | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deathlight | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Israeli Connection | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Norwegian Typhoon | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hunter | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation McMurdo Sound | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appointment in Haiphong | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Retreat for Death | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mendoza Manuscript | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Death Star Affair | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor DNA | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Typhoon Ray | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Kill | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Greek Summit | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Outback Ghosts | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hide and Go Die | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kali Death Cult | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Vendetta | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Yukon Target | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Death Dealer | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Istanbul Decision | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Decoy Hit | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Earthfire North | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Budapest Run | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caribbean Coup | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Algarve Affair | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zero-Hour Strike Force | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Sharkbite | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Island | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of the Warheads | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of the Mahdi | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment: Rio | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Hand Play | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kremlin Kill | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mayan Connection | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
San Juan Inferno | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Circle of Scorpions | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue Ice Affair | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Macao Massacre | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pursuit of the Eagle | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vengeance Game | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last Flight to Moscow | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Normandy Code | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
White Death | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Assassin Convention | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood of the Scimitar | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Execution Exchange | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tarlov Cipher | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Target Red Star | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Killing Ground | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Berlin Target | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mercenary Mountain | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Ultimatum | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cyclops Conspiracy | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tunnel for Traitors | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Samurai Kill | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror Times Two | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Orbit | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slaughter Day | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Master Assassin | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Petrograd | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossfire Red | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood of the Falcon | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Squad | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Terror Code | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Holy War | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Raid | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
East of Hell | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killing Games | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terms of Vengeance | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pressure Point | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of the Condor | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Poseidon Target | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Andropov File | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragonfire | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloodtrail to Mecca | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deathstrike | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lethal Prey | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spykiller | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bolivian Heat | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rangoon Man | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Code Name Cobra | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Afghan Intercept | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Countdown to Armageddon | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Sea Bloodbath | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deadly Diva | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invitation to Death | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day of the Assassin | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Korean Kill | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Middle East Massacre | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sanction to Slaughter | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Holiday in Hell | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Law of the Lion | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hong Kong Hit | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Sea Death | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arms of Vengeance | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hell-Bound Express | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isle of Blood | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Singapore Sling | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ruby Red Death | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arctic Abduction | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon Slay | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nick Carter is the name of a fictional character, who appeared as a private detective in dime novels in 1886 and then featured in various formats for more than a century. The character is particularly famous for featuring in the Killmaster series, which is written by various author sunder the common pseudonym of Nick Carter. This pseudonym was mainly used by the Ace, Award, and Jove publishing for releasing the books of this series. Altogether, there are more than 260 spy adventure novels, starting from 1964 up to 1990, featuring Nick as the main protagonist.
No author is actually credited to have written the books and therefore, Nick Carter became the house pen name for the entire series. The volumes vary between third person and first person narrative. Many authors have contributed to the series, including Manning Lee Stokes, Michael Avallone, Gayle Lynds, David Hagberg, Martin Cruz Smith, Valerie Moolman, Robert Randisi, Dennis Lynds, etc. The title character, Nick, is shown serving in AXE as Agent N3. The Axe is a fictional agency of the US government for spying on the rivals.
Most of the stories are shown similar to the James Bond books, that is, they are high action sequences and less depiction of gadgets. The sexual encounters are described in great detail. Nick’s full name is Nicholas J. Huntington Carter. His description given in the first book, Run, Spy, Run, is that of a tall, handsome, and lean man having a classic profile, and a muscular body. His eyes are gray and have a cruel, dangerous, and icy look. Nick is hard faced with a straight mouth. His hair is dark and thick. There is a tattoo of blue axe on the lower right arm of Nick. This tattoo depicts the identification of an agent from AXE. In one of the novels of the series, it is mentioned that the tattoo glows brightly in the dark. Nick’s shoulder has a scar from a knife wound, while his right thigh has a wound mark from a shrapnel. Whenever Nick lands in danger, he brings his 6th sense to use and often comes out unhurt.
Another important aspect of Nick’s character is yoga, which he practices every day for a minimum of 15 minutes. Nick has an interest in learning different languages and his ability in quick learning helps him to grasp the foreign languages very easily. Some of the languages that he is very fluent in include English, Greek, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Sanskrit. Apart from these, he has learned basic skills in Japanese, Arabic, Swahili, Turkish, Korean, Hindustani, and Romansch. In the initial books, Nick is shown as assuming various disguises to complete his missions. Throughout the entire series, Nick makes use of 3 main weapons, which are specifically named by him and have certain histories associated with them. His gun is named Wilhemina, while his knife is called Hugo. The third and most important weapon used by him is a poisonous gas bomb. Nick keeps this small device inside his pants beside his testicles. This gas bomb is capable of killing anyone or anything who inhales the colorless, odorless gas. Nick possesses many guns, all German Lugars and all given the name Wilhelmina. His knife is a specially made weapon that can retract inside the handle. The code, N3, given to Nick by his spy agency is a special one as it signifies that Nick is among the top three elite agents, called Killmasters. However, different authors have given different explanations to the code in the books. The one thing common in all the explanations is that Nick is an important asset to AXE and a deadly one too.
An early book written in the Killmaster series in entitled ‘The China Doll’. This book was released in the year 1968 by the Award Books publication. This book’s plot is set in New York. The primary characters of this book’s story include Nick Carter, Nikita Khrushchev, and David Hawk. At the start of the book, it is depicted that Nick recuperates at his home after the completion of his last mission. Soon, he learns from the agency that he has been assigned to carry out another assignment. This new assignment requires him to play the role of the personal bodyguard of Nikita Khrushchev. He must ensure his protection at all times when he represents the Soviet Premier during the United Nation’s first session in the city. As soon as Nikita arrives in New York, two assassination attempts take place on his life, but Nick foils both of them. From then on, he keeps Nikita in front of his eyes all the time until the session gets over and she flies back to her country. Nick’s spy agency and its counterpart from the Soviet Union, SIN, think that the attacks on Nikita’s life were carried out on the orders of a Chinese communist group. This group does not want a healthy relation to develop between USA and USSR. Therefore, assassination was meant to disturb the relationship between them. Nick gets paired with an agent from Russia and they both enter China to track the group that ordered Nikita’s assassination. While doing so, they come across a terrorist group called Claw and learn that this group is the head of all the communist operations. Nick ends up destroying Claw, following which the Russian and American relations improve greatly.
Another popular book of the series is called ‘Saigon’. The Award Books released it in 1964. The story of this novel takes place in North Vietnam, and features the primary characters as Claire La Farge, Nick Carter, Raoul Dupre, and Mr. Hawk. At the beginning of the story, it is depicted that Claire La Farge is the widow of an intelligence officer from France. She resides near a large tea and rice plantation in Vietnam. One day, Claire receives a message in code form from an ex-associate of her dead husband. Not knowing whom to tell about this secret message, Claire decides to put up an advertisement in the Vietnam Times with the hope that her husband’s former colleagues will contact her after reading the advert. She asks her most trusted servant named Saito to book a personal column in the newspaper for the advert. When Raoul Dupre learns about the ad he contacts AXE. Dupre is a well known businessman from Saigon, who has also worked for the French intelligence in the past. After receiving Raoul Dupre’s message, the agency sends Nick to Saigon and orders him to assist Dupre in contacting Claire La Frage and obtaining the coded message from her.
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