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Killmaster #137
Tarantula Strike
A lovely Russian spy joins Nick Carter Killmaster in a spiderweb of intrigue!
A Detente With Death
It is no mean feat to keep a man alive if someone seriously wants him dead. It is even harder if you have to work alone, and it's next to impossible if you're trying to keep the protectee from knowing you're his protector. But that was Nick Carter's assignment. and the "protectee" was Karl Bartov, top KGB agent. AXE moves in mysterious ways, this time sending agent N3, Killmaster, from luxurious surroundings in Barcelona to chilly Warsaw. Until he finds himself in a Moscow prison facing the most diabolical torturer of his career.
A Detente With Death
It is no mean feat to keep a man alive if someone seriously wants him dead. It is even harder if you have to work alone, and it's next to impossible if you're trying to keep the protectee from knowing you're his protector. But that was Nick Carter's assignment. and the "protectee" was Karl Bartov, top KGB agent. AXE moves in mysterious ways, this time sending agent N3, Killmaster, from luxurious surroundings in Barcelona to chilly Warsaw. Until he finds himself in a Moscow prison facing the most diabolical torturer of his career.
177 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 28, 1980
About the author
Nick Carter
1,093 books48 followersNick Carter is a house pseudonym used by Award, Ace, and later Jove, publishing for the series Nick Carter who later graduated to a special agent for the Killmaster novels, a series of 261+ spy adventures published from 1964 until late 1990s.
A great number of writers have written under the pen-name over the years, beginning in September 1886 when Nick Carter first appeared in the 'New York Weekly' in a 13-week serial, entitled 'The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square'.
The Nick Carter character was originally conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell.
A great number of writers have written under the pen-name over the years, beginning in September 1886 when Nick Carter first appeared in the 'New York Weekly' in a 13-week serial, entitled 'The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square'.
The Nick Carter character was originally conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell.
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August 31, 2021
Like all of the Nick Carter Killmaster novels - it starts slow but ends with a bang. They should make a movie about this guy.
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