Circle of Scorpions

Killmaster #196

by Nick Carter

Nick Carter "Killmaster N3" knows that the KGB has called a meeting of all the world's terrorists. It's a party he wants to crash. The only problem is, Nick doesn't know where or when. But espionage has its own deadly etiquette, and with the help of a beautiful double agent and a black market death-merchant, Nick proves that there are ways to get invited to even the most exclusive, and most deadly affairs.

195 pages, paperback

First published January 1, 1985

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

[Jim Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was a lot of fun! It's been a few years since I read a Nick Carter novel, and it failed to disappoint. Chock full of gratuitous sex and violence, it was a nice palate cleanser coming off the dialogue-heavy and slow-moving Berlin Game by Len Deighton.
Popcorn fiction at its most sensational!