Assignment: Rio by Jack Canon

N3 goes undercover to save a Latin nation from Communist rule

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #191
When Frederico Tejada ruling Brazil, the country is rapidly going to hell. Assassination would put General Pablo Frenandes in power and practically hand the country over to the Russians, complete with its new;y discovered oil reserves. Tejada and Fernandes will both have to be taken care of, but without a hint of U.S. involvement. It's a job for several men. All of them Killmaster Nick Carter. Donning disguise after disguise, he's got work one against the other. But if anyone suspects his true identity, Nick Carter is a dead man, evtry one of him!

Printing History

Written by Jack Canon

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 03223

August1984

Murder On Wheels by Valerie Frankel

It's full throttle attraction

and Wanda's one tough P.I. who's ready to roll

Tom McKeveny Cover

Death Pops A Wheelie!

Sparks fly when Wanda Mallory, proprietress of Times Square's Do It Right Detective Agency, meets the heated glaze of Strom Bismark, leader of New York City's notorious biker gang, Blood & Iron.

Still smarting from another romantic disaster, Wanda impulsively takes on the smoldering Strom as a client. someone has ripped off a bundle of cash from his East Village social club/casino, and the case gets as hot as a biker's muffler when a corpse is discovered in Strom's office. Flush Royale, a sexy blackjack dealer, has been fatal bashed with a frozen salami. Wanda goes undercover and out of breath in Flush's skintight mini and leather bustier, spinning a roulette wheel in Strom's illegal casino. With her estranged lover and sidekick Alex Beaudine, she's tangling with biker brutes, a finger breaking loan shark, and finally with Flush's killer, who's revving up to send Wanda on a one-way trip down the Highway to Hell.

Printing History

Written by Valerie Frankel

Simon & Shuster, Inc

Pocket Books

ISBN 671 73195

March 1992

The Intimidators by Donald Hamilton

It was a double mission this time. But Matt Helm could handle it....

One to terminate a top-notch enemy agent. 

Two, to locate the missing fiancee of a Texas oil millionaire.

Somehow they were connected. Matt did not know how, until a few members of the international set also disappeared near the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Everyone figured they were dead. Then Matt discovered they were alive, and part of a very deadly game.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916–2006)

Copyright
1974

Fawcett Gold Medal Books
March 1974

Ballantine Books
ISBN 449 12842
July 1985

Fat-Free and Fatal by Jaqueline Girdner

This week's contribution to the Crime Fiction Alphabet for the Letter F is

Fat-Free And Fatal
by Jaqueline Girdner

A Cooking Class Goes Sour When The Main Dish Is Murder

Mixed Green Murder

Kate Jasper's been on the edge ever since her significant other's meddling mother moved in. So she decides that getting out of the house for a vegetarian cooking class will be good for her mental and physical health. Then one of the students is choked to death, and the police suspect Kate's friend, Barbara. But Kate finds that hard to swallow. Now she has to find the a killer whose favorite recipe is murder. Before she's dead meat herself.

One may read more on the Crime Fiction Alphabet here

Crime Fiction Alphabet

Printing History

Written by Jaqueline Girdner

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Communications, Inc

Diamond Books

55773-917

July 1993

Butler #3: The Slayboys by Philip Kirk

To save the President's life.

The Institute turned Butler into an assassin!

Company of Killers

When the White House announced it was ready to recognize Communist Cuba, a right-wing Cuban terrorist group swore to kill the President. Butler was assigned to prevent the assassination. His only chance to find out where and when the triggerman would strike was to infiltrate the group and pose as an assassin himself. Butler did not realize, however, how smart the killers were. Their guns were aimed not only at the President, but also at Butler himself!

Printing History

Written by Leonard Levinson

Nordon Publications, Inc

Leisure Books

ISBN 8439-0683

(1979)

Dorchester Publishing Company, Inc

Leisure Books

8439-2056

(1983)

Blondes Prefer Bulllets by Carter Brown

Second Collectors' Series

w/Lipstick Larceny

Mark Kane was driving along peacefully when all of the sudden someone stopped the car and cried "Murder!" So Mark went along to inspect the body. But either the girl had had delusions or they had walking corpse on their hands. But things brightened up when he met the Great Swami, and his assistant. In that leopard skin, Juanita could get Mark into more spots than he could get out of, or maybe it was just because blonde prefer bullets......

Printing History

Second Collectors' Series

Volume 1 Number 19

w/Lipstick Larceny

1958

Each title was published separately

Lipstick Larceny

(originally titled Kiss Me Deadly)

1955

Read more here.

Kiss Me Deadly

Blondes Prefer Bullets

Lovely Mystery Novelette 

1952

First Collector's Series #6

1955

Day Of The Mahdi by Gayle Lynds

Agent N3 battles religious fanatics in the Middle East

with the help of a Soviet spy!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #190

With a moderate king in power in Saudi Arabia, there's finally a chance for peace in the Middle East. But coups by religious fanatics are cropping up throughout the war-torn area. Is the mysterious "Mahdi" behind the violence? Nick Carter sets out to uncover the truth but treachery leads him further from his goal, until he joins forces with an unlikely ally, a beautiful KGB agent. Together they track down the fanatics who threaten world peace, and uncover a plot more hideous than either had imagined!

Printing History

Written by Gayle Lynds

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 13918

July 1984

Trigger Pull by Paul Malone

Sudden death is a way of life at the Drug Enforcement Administration, in an endless full-frontal assault on America's toughest war: drugs. For Miami-based maverick Jack Fowler, it's a war he will fight to the end. In a world where trust is a dirty word. Where the seductive lure of power and money can turn good guys into bad apples. And where success means more than winning indictments. It means staying alive.

A narc's murder puts Fowler on a one-man vengeance trail of Miami cops on the take and Bahamian kingpin. Stalked by Colombian gunmen and a hit team of Metro-Dade's finest, Fowler brings the players together in a win or lose game where survival depends on the pull of a trigger.

Agents #1

Printing History

Written by Mike Newton

Worldwide Library

Gold Eagle Books

ISBN 373-63801

May 1991

Crime Fiction IV by Allen J Hubin

Crime Fiction IV:

A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-2000

By Allen J. Hubin

 

Picked this up a few years ago.

Locus Press

2005

Crime Fiction Alphabet: Letter E

I decided to contribute to a meme. This meme will feature crime fiction that relates to the letters of the alphabet. We will pick up with the letter E. My contribution will by the Carter Brown title The Exotic.

1963 Horwitz Cover

The corpse came by cab. It was delivered as ordered, right at Sheriff Lavers' front door. And the Sheriff did not get the gag at all. Neither did Al Wheeler because it halted his progress with a blonde and started his chase for a murderer. As he tagged the trail of a phoney detective, a couple of strong-arm boys and a pompous practical joker. Al found the case growing more intriguing. Then he had to slow down for....

• a cool-eyed heiress dripping with ice;
• a fluffy blonde with a special talent;
• a sleek sexy career girl, terribly sincere about money, but not about how she got it;

And a second corpse.

Robert McGinnis Cover

Pine City Police Lieutenant Al Wheeler plays dangerous games with three dangerous dames, and one cunning killer. The blonde was glamorous, like high-class fashion boutique she owned. But she did not want any part of the scandal her father's murder revived. But Al was all cop who bars no holds, whether he is hunting a beautiful women or a dangerous killer. He bluffed her into revealing plenty at a riotous basement party. But that was only the prelude to another murder.

Printing History

Horwitz Publications Inc.

Numbered Series #94 1961

International Edition Series #30 1963

Bolinda Publishing  (Audio) 2001

New American Library

Signet Books

#S2009 October 1961

You can read the original post from April 2011 below.

The Exotic

And here.

The Exotic (Audio)

And you can find other related meme posts like this below.

Crime Fiction Alphabet: E