Time Clock of Death: A Killmaster Espionage Chiller

Killmaster #58

by Nick Carter

"This was the ultimate in hijacking. Russia's super-secret spy jet, stolen from a New York airport, whisked from under the noses of the guards, hidden - where? Nobody knew who had master-minded the plan, but Russia knew who to blame, and if they didn't get a satisfactory answer from the United States the missiles would take off. And Nick Carter's only clues were a few garbled words from a dying man - Julie."

Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1970

About the author

Nick 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.

Reviews

[Gareth Howells · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mindless, fast paced, short, frivolous misogynistic nonsense that was a fun read for a trash event on booktube . I enjoyed the reading and laughed out loud a couple of times. I also realised that you can learn a lot about pacing and the way that is affected by sentence construction from these kinds of books.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was the ultimate in hijacking - Russia's super-secret new jet, stolen from a New York airport, whisked from under the noses of the guards and hidden- where? Nobody knew who had master-minded the plan, but Russia knew who to blame, and if they didn't get a satisfactory answer from the United States the missiles would take off.
I’ve picked up a few Nick Carter novels over the years (who can resist a pulp paperback for 10p from a charity shop) but decided to start with this one, apparently written by George Snyder. I’m glad I did because it does exactly what you want it to. Well written, told at a cracking pace, with nice amounts of violence and smut, the story didn’t make a whole lot of sense but the characters were great (Nick is like an amped up James Bond and Julie Baron (his on-off ‘squeeze’ and fellow agent) and the structure worked superbly. Economic, always entertaining, I can see myself delving further into this series. If pulp paperbacks are your thing, I’d very much recommend it.

[Pratap Reddy]

Non-putdownable! enjoyed the suspence till the last.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice rewrite of an old Pulp character. Recast more in the James Bond spy mode. Good quick men's adventure read. If you are looking for some fast paced action and adventure then this is a recommended read.

[Henzaghi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very thrilling book