• Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith in 1942, legally changed his name to Martin Cruz Smith when he discovered that another Martin Smith was already publishing books. Smith is the author of Nightwing (1977) and Gorky Park (1981). Prior to the publication of those works Smith published a number of books under pseudonyms, including the Inquisitor series, and contributed to the Killmaster series as Nick Carter and the Slocum western series as Jake Logan.
The Books
Award Books published books 1 to 112; Charter books published books 113 to 227; Jove books, 228 to 261:
1. Run, Spy, Run, 158 pages, 1964 (Michael Avallone, Val Moolman)
2. The China Doll, 158 pages, 1964 (Avallone, Moolman)
3. Checkmate in Rio, 158 pages, 1964 (Moolman)
4. Safari for Spies, 158 pages, 1964 (Moolman)
5. Fraulein Spy, 157 pages, 1964 (Moolman)
6. Saigon, 157 pages, 1964 (Avallone, Moolman)
7. A Bullet for Fidel, 159 pages, 1965 (Moolman)
8. The Thirteenth Spy, 159 pages, 1965 (Moolman)
9. The Eyes of the Tiger, 156 pages, 1965 (Manning Lee Stokes)
10. Istanbul, 155 pages, 1965 (Stokes)
11. Web of Spies, 156 pages, 1966 (Stokes)
12. Spy Castle, 156 pages, 1966 (Stokes)
13. The Terrible Ones, 157 pages, 1966 (Stokes)
14. Dragon Flame, 156 pages, 1966 (Stokes)
15. Hanoi, 156 pages, 1966 (Moolman)
16. Danger Key, 156 pages, 1966 (Lew Louderback)
17. Operation Starvation, 158 pages, 1966 (Nicholas Browne)
18. The Mind Poisoners, 157 pages, 1966 (Lionel White, Moolman)
19. The Weapon of Night, 160 pages, 1967 (Moolman)
20. The Golden Serpent, 158 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
21. The Red Guard, 156 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
22. Double Identity, 159 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
23. Devil's Cockpit, 158 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
24. Chinese Paymaster, 157 pages, 1967 (Browne)
25. Seven Against Greece, 158 pages, 1967 (Browne)
26. Korean Tiger, 160 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
27. Assignment Israel, 159 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
28. Mission to Venice, 156 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
29. Filthy Five, 160 pages, 1967 (Stokes)
30. Bright Blue Death, 160 pages, 1967 (Browne)
31. Macao, 157 pages, 1968 (Stokes)
32. Operation Moon Rocket, 160 pages, 1968 (Louderback)
33. Judas Spy, 155 pages, 1968 (Lawrence Rohde)
34. Hood of Death, 155 pages, 1968 (Rohde)
35. Amsterdam, 156 pages, 1968 (Rohde)
36. Temple of Fear, 186 pages, 1968 (Stokes)
37. Fourteen Seconds to Death, 154 pages, 1968 (Jon Messmann)
38. The Defector, 156 pages, 1968 (George Snyder)
39. Carnival for Killing, 154 pages, 1968 (Messmann)
40. Rhodesia, 156 pages, 1968 (Rohde)
41. Red Rays, 153 pages, 1969 (Stokes)
42. Peking/The Tulip Affair, 154 pages, 1969 (Arnold Marmor)
43. The Amazon, 156 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
44. The Sea Trap, 156 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
45. Berlin, 155 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
46. The Human Time Bomb, 154 pages, 1969 (Rohde)
47. The Cobra Kill, 154 pages, 1969 (Stokes)
48. Living Death, 153 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
49. Operation Che Guevara, 154 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
50. Black Death, 154 pages, 1969 (Stokes)
51. Doomsday Formula, 150 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
52. Operation Snake, 187 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
53. Casbah Killers, 155 pages, 1969 (Messmann)
54. Arab Plague/Slavemaster, 156 pages, 1970 (Messmann)
55. Red Rebellion, 155 pages, 1970 (Messmann)
56. Executioners, 155 pages, 1970 (Messmann)
57. Mind Killers, 151 pages, 1970 (Messmann)
58. Time Clock of Death, 157 pages, 1970 (Snyder)
59. Cambodia, 154 pages, 1970 (Snyder)
60. The Death Strain, 156 pages, 1970 (Messmann)
61. Moscow, 155 pages, 1970 (Snydern)
62. Jewel of Doom, 156 pages, 1970 (Snyder)
63. Ice Bomb Zero, 156 pages, 1971 (Snyder)
64. Mark of the Cosa Nostra, 154 pages, 1971 (Snyder)
65. Cairo Mafia, 154 pages, 1972 (Ralph Hayes)
66. Inca Death Squad, 169 pages, 1972 (Smith)
67. Assault on England, 156 pages, 1972 (Hayes)
68. Omega Terror, 156 pages, 1972 (Hayes)
69. Code Name: Werewolf 167 pages, 1973 (Smith)
70. Strike Force Terror, 186 pages, 1972 (Hayes)
71. Target Doomsday Island, 187 pages, 1973 (Richard Hubbard)
72. Night of the Avenger, 186 pages, 1973 (Chet Cunningham, Dan Streib)
73. Butcher of Belgrade, 186 pages, 1973 (Hayes, Larry Powell)
74. Assassination Brigade, 154 pages, 1973 (Thomas Chastain)
75. Liquidator, 186 pages, 1973 (Hubbard)
76. The Devil's Dozen, 184 pages, 1973 (Martin Cruz Smith)
77. Code, 183 pages, 1973 (Powell)
78. Agent Counter Agent, 184 pages, 1973 (Hayes)
79. Hour of the Wolf 189 pages, 1973 (Jeffrey Miner Wallman)
80. Our Agent in Rome Is Missing, 187 pages, 1973 (Al Hine)
81. Kremlin File, 184 pages, 1973 (Willis Todhunter Ballard)
82. Spanish Connection, 200 pages, 1973 (Bruce Cassiday)
83. The Death's Head Conspiracy, 187 pages, 1973 (Colby)
84. Peking Dossier, 186 pages, 1973 (Stewart)
85. Ice Trap Terror, 172 pages, 1974 (Wallmann)
86. Assassin Code Name Vulture, 170 pages, 1974 (Hayes)
87. Massacre in Milan, 188 pages, 1974 (Hine)
88. Vatican Vendetta, 150 pages, 1974 (Hayes)
89. Sign of the Cobra, 171 pages, 1974 (James Fritzhand)
90. The Man Who Sold Death, 203 pages, 1974 (Lawrence Van Gelder)
91. N Three Conspiracy, 188 pages, 1974 (Dennis Lynds)
92. Death of the Falcon, 187 pages, 1974 (Jim Bowser)
93. Beirut Incident, 185 pages, 1974 (Forrest Perrin)
94. Aztec Avenger, 204 pages, 1974 (Saul Wernick)
95. Jerusalem File, 191 pages, 1975 (Linda Stewart)
96. Counterfeit Agent, 203 pages, 1975 (Douglas Marland)
97. Six Bloody Summer Days, 170 pages, 1975 (De Witt Copp)
98. Z Document, 169 pages, 1975 (Homer Morris)
99. Kathmandu Document, 171 pages, 1975 (Fritzhand)
100. Dr. Death, 365 pages, 1975 (Craig Nova) (reprints: Run, Spy, Run and The Preposterous Theft (one of the Victorian-era Nick Carter novels)
101. Ultimate Code, 172 pages, 1975 (William Odell)
102. Assignment Intercept, 170 pages, 1976 (Marilyn Henderson)
103. Green Wolf Connection, 171 pages, 1976 (Dennis Lynds)
104. Death Message/Oil Seventy Four Two, 171 pages, 1976 (Dee Stuart, Ansel Chapin)
105. The List, 170 pages, 1976 (Fritzhand)
106. Fanatics of Al Asad, 170 pages, 1976 (Wernick)
107. Snake Flag Conspiracy, 175 pages, 1976 (Wernick)
108. Turncoat, 170 pages, 1976 (Leon Lazarus)
109. Sign of the Prayer Shawl, 170 pages, 1976 (Hasberg)
110. Vulcan Disaster, 187 pages, 1976 (Warren)
111. High Yield in Death, 171 pages, 1976 (Bowser)
112. The Nichochev Plot, 206 pages, 1976 (Nova)
113. Triple Cross, 202 pages, 1976 (Lynds)
114. Gallagher Plot, 200 pages, 1976 (Wernick)
115. Plot for the Fourth Reich, 200 pages, 1977 (Bob Latona)
116. Revenge of the Generals, 194 pages, 1978 (Wernick)
117. Under the Wall, 186 pages, 1978 (Copp)
118. Ebony Cross, 191 pages, 1978 (Jack Canon)
119. Deadly Doubles, 184 pages, 1978 (Van Gelder)
120. Race of Death, 218 pages
, 1978 (Hagberg)
121. Trouble in Paradise, 178 pages, 1978 (Steeley)
122. The Pamplona Affair, 212 pages, 1978 (Stuart, Chapin)
123. Doomsday Spore, 242 pages, 1979 (Warren)
124. Asian Mantrap, 252 pages, 1979 (Odell)
125. Thunderstrike in Syria, 184 pages, 1979 (Joseph Rosenberger)
126. Redolmo Affair, 184 pages, 1979 (Canon)
127. Jamaican Exchange, 183 pages, 1979 (Lazarus)
128. Tropical Death Pact, 242 pages, 1979 (Stokesberry)
129. Pemex Chart, 175 pages, 1979 (Dwight Vreeland Swain)
130. Hawaii, 207 pages, 1979 (Daniel Prince)
131. The Satan Trap, 216 pages, 1979 (Jack Canon)
132. Reich Four, 202 pages, 1979 (Frederick Vincent Huber)
133. The Nowhere Weapon, 238 pages, 1979 (Odell)
134. Strike of the Hawk, 276 pages, 1980 (Gilmore)
135. Day of the Dingo, 248 pages, 1980 (John Stevenson)
136. And Next the King, 248 pages, 1980 (Steve Simmons)
137. Tarantula Strike, 171 pages, 1980 (Dan Reardon)
138. Ten Times Dynamite, 212 pages, 1980 (Frank Adduci)
139. Eight Card Stud, 142 pages, 1980 (Robert Edward Vardeman)
140. Suicide Seat, 217 pages, 1980 (George Warren)
141. Death Mission Havana, 184 pages, 1980 (Ron Felber)
142. War from the Clouds, 217 pages, 1980 (Gilmore)
143. Turkish Bloodbath, 215 pages, 1980 (Jerry Ahern)
144. Coyote Connection, 194 pages, 1981 (Bill Crider, Jack Davis)
145. Q Man, 217 pages, 1981 (Stevenson)
146. Society of Nine, 218 pages, 1981 (Canon)
147. Ouster Conspiracy, 213 pages, 1981 (Hagberg)
148. Golden Bull, 195 pages, 1981 (Stevenson)
149. Dubrovnick Massacre, 247 pages, 1981 (Rasof, Williamson)
150. Solar Menace, 215 pages, 1981 (Vardeman)
151. Strontium Code, 214 pages, 1981 (Hagberg)
152. Pleasure Island, 242 pages, 1981 (Robert Randisi)
153. Cauldron of Hell, 203 pages, 1981 (Mike Jahn)
154. Parisian Affair, 199 pages, 1981 (Ed Hunsberger)
155. Chessmaster, 209 pages, 1982 (Randisi)
156. The Last Samurai, 200 pages, 1982 (Algozini)
157. The Puppet Master, 222 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
158. Norwegian Typhoon, 212 pages, 1982 (Vardeman)
159. Damocles Threat, 226 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
160. Dominican Affair, 210 pages, 1982 (Algozin)
161. Deathlight, 212 pages, 1982 (Ahern)
162. Israeli Connection, 180 pages, 1982 (Steeley)
163. Treason Game, 209 pages, 1982 (Gilmore)
164. Earth Shaker, 198 pages, 1982 (Vardeman)
165. Hunter, 198 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
166. Operation McMurdo Sound, 208 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
167. Appointment in Haiphong, 209 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
168. Retreat for Death, 216 pages, 1982 (Hagberg)
169. Mendoza Manuscript, 209 pages, 1982 (Randisi)
170. Death Star Affair, 226 pages, 1982 (Canon)
171. Doctor DNA, 196 pages, 1982 (Vardeman)
172. Christmas Kill, 213 pages, 1983 (Gilmore)
173. Greek Summit, 196 pages, 1983 (Randisi)
174. Outback Ghosts, 181 pages, 1983 (Vardeman)
175. Hide and Go Die, 196 pages, 1983 (Canon)
176. Kali Death Cult, 177 pages, 1983 (Vardeman)
177. Operation Vendetta, 198 pages, 1983 (Gilmore)
178. Yukon Target, 198 pages, 1983 (Vardeman)
179. Death Dealer, 195 pages, 1983 (Canon)
180. Istanbul Decision, 191 pages, 1983 (Hagberg)
181. Decoy Hit, 200 pages, 1983 (Randisi)
182. Earthfire North, 194 pages, 1983 (Hagberg)
183. Budapest Run, 193 pages, 1983 (Canon)
184. Caribbean Coup, 195 pages, 1983 (Randisi)
185. Algarve Affair, 195 pages, 1984 (Canon)
186. Zero Hour Strike Force, 195 pages, 1984 (Hagberg)
187. Operation Sharkbite, 195 pages, 1984 (Canon)
188. Death Island, 194 pages, 1984 (Hargberg)
189. Night of the Warheads, 194 pages, 1984 (Canon)
190. Day of the Mahdi, 198 pages, 1984 (Gayle Lynds)
191. Assignment Rio, 195 pages, 1984 (Canon)
192. Death Hand Play, 193 pages, 1984 (Hagberg)
193. The Kremlin Kill, 194 pages, 1984 (Canon)
194. The Mayan Connection, 194 pages, 1984 (Lynds)
195. San Juan Inferno, 197 pages, 1984 (Gilmore)
196. Circle of Scorpions, 195 pages, 1985 (Canon)
197. Blue Ice Affair, 195 pages, 1985 (Felber)
198. Macao Massacre, 187 pages, 1985 (Canon)
199. Pursuit of the Eagle, 199 pages, 1985 (Lynds)
200. Vengeance Game, 157 pages, 1985 (Hagberg)
201. Last Flight to Moscow, 193 pages, 1985 (Gilmore)
202. The Normandy Code, 189 pages, 1985 (Canon)
203. White Death, 197 pages, 1985 (Lynds)
204. Assassin Convention, 192 pages, 1985 (Gilmore)
205. Blood of the Scimitar, 196 pages, 1985 (Canon)
206. Execution Exchange, 198 pages, 1985 (Lynds)
207. Tarlov Cipher, 181 pages, 1985 (Canon)
208. Target Red Star, 192 pages, 1986 (Canon)
209. Killing Ground, 189 pages, 1986 (Hagberg)
210. Berlin Target, 177 pages, 1986 (Canon)
211. Mercenary Mountain, 193 pages, 1986 (Lynds)
212. Blood Ultimatum, 165 pages, 1986 (Felber)
213. Cyclops Conspiracy, 195 pages, 1986 (Canon)
214. Tunnel for Traitors, 190 pages, 1986 (Canon)
215. Samurai Kill, 200 pages, 1986 (Lynds)
216. Terror Times Two, 196 pages, 1986 (Canon)
217. Death Orbit, 195 pages, 1986 (Hagberg)
218. Slaughter Day, 192 pages, 1986 (Canon)
219. The Master Assassin, 194 pages, 1986 (Lynds)
220. Operation Petrograd, 195 pages, 1986 (Hagberg)
221. Crossfire Red, 194 pages, 1987 (Canon)
222. Blood of the Falcon, 193 pages, 1987 (Lynds)
223. The Death Squad, 200 pages, 1987 (Canon)
224. The Terror Code, 191 pages, 1987 (Canon)
225. Holy War, 189 pages, 1987
226. Blood Raid, 1987 (Canon)
227. East of Hell, 195 pages, 1987 (Garside)
228. Killing Games, 198 pages, 1987 (Canon)
229. Terms of Vengeance, 199 pages, 1987 (Canon)
230. Pressure Point, 190 pages, 1987 (Garside)
231. Night of the Condor, 200 pages, 1987
232. The Poseidon Target, 192 pages, 1987 (Canon)
233. The Andropov File, 190 pages, 1988 (Garside)
234. Dragonfire, 195 pages, 1988
235. Blood Trail to Mecca, 200 pages, 1988 (Canon)
236. Deathstrike, 191 pages, 1988
237. Lethal Prey, 195 pages, 1988 (Garside)
238. Spykiller, 195 pages, 1988 (Canon)
239. Bolivian Hunt, 153 pages, 1988 (Canon)
240. Rangoon Man, 192 pages, 1988 (Canon)
241. Code Name Cobra, 194 pages, 1988 (Canon)
242. Afghan Intercept, 198 pages, 1988 (Garside)
243. Countdown to Armageddon, 197 pages, 1988 (Canon)
244. Black Sea Bloodbath, 198 pages, 1988 (Garside)
245. Deadly Diva, 198 pages, 1988 (Canon)
246. Invitation to Death, 197 pages, 1989 (Canon)
247. Day of the Assassin, 196 pages, 1989 (Canon)
248. Korean Kill, 197 pages, 1989 (Canon)
249. Middle East Massacre, 197 pages, 1989 (Canon)
250. Sanction to Slaughter, 194 pages, 1989 (Garside)
251. Holiday in Hell, 198 pages, 1989 (Canon)
252. Law of the Lion, 194 pages, 1989
253. Hong Kong Hit, 189 pages, 1989 (Canon)
254. Deep
Sea Death, 198 pages, 1989 (Garside)
255. Arms of Vengeance, 191 pages, 1989
256. Hell Bound Express, 199 pages, 1989 (Canon)
257. Isle of Blood, 198 pages, 1990 (Canon)
258. Singapore Sling, 194 pages, 1990 (Garside)
259. Ruby Red Death, 198 pages, 1990 (Garside)
260. Arctic Abduction, 197 pages, 1990 (Garside)
261. Dragon Slay, 195 pages, 1990 (Canon)
The books began numbering with book 181.
The Movies
Since the launching of the Killmaster series in 1964, there have been three Nick Carter movies. The first two were made in France and starred Eddie Constantine as Nick Carter in Nick Carter va tout casser (License to Kill) (1964) and Nick Carter et le Trefle Rougue (Nick Carter and the Red Gang) (1965) and were based on the French Nick Carter pulp novels based on the pulp incarnation of Nick Carter. The 1972 television movie The Adventures of Nick Carter starred Robert Conrad as Nick Carter and was based on the original dime novel incarnation of Nick Carter. There have been no movies based on the Killmaster novels.
Killsquad
Ten books by Frank Garrett
CIA agent John Smith, code-named Hangman, envisioned a super-secret anti-terrorist strike team of expendable soldiers code-named Killsquad. This six-man assault force was drawn not from the military but rather from death row. Hangman Smith reviewed many hundreds of dossiers and criminal records before he decided on his team:
• Leroy "Lightning Bomber" Walker: This heavyweight boxer was on the path to the championship when he discovered that his manager and promoter had ripped him off. Fuelled by cocaine, his rage was such that he killed three people. An all-white jury sentenced the black boxer to the electric chair.
• Rollo "Ice Pick" Barnes: A Harlem hit man, Barnes eliminated any competition with an ice pick. This was so effective that Barnes' Black Murder, Inc., had successfully kept La Cosa Nostra out of his territory and Barnes had eliminated fifty rivals. Eventually, one of Barnes' cronies turned him over to the law in revenge for Barnes' sleeping with his wife. Barnes was sentenced to death row.
• Tommy Williams: A career criminal, Williams' scar-faced, one-eyed visage made him famous as "the One-Eyed Pirate" during his four-year robbery and murder spree. Each robbery was conducted with military precision. When the law caught up with him, the resulting stand-off had Williams riddled with bullets. The wounds had only just healed enough for Williams to be executed before the Hangman snatched him from death row.
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