Target Red Star by Jack Canon

Agent N3 kills a terrorist kingpin.

And plunges into the hands of the KGB!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #208

A ruthless arms dealer. A routine assassination. A tape-recorded legacy. Suddenly the death of Hamir Aflaq was far from insignificant. For one of the men who had been fooled enough to get in the way for Nick Carter's AK-47 was a kingpin in the newly formed terrorist group, the People's Party For Peace. And the last words he spoke told of a plot by the KGB to kidnap two senior British officials. And destroy the free world's entire espionage network....

Print History

Written by Jack Canon

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 79822

January 1986

Murder Most Mellow by Jaqueline Girdner

A Hot Tub Murder

A Cold-Blooded Killer....

A Kate Jasper Mystery

Kate Jasper is doing some soul-searching after a messy homicide case involving her "ex" and a breakup with her boyfriend over the "M" word. In this case, that's marriage, not murder. She decides to tap into some positive energy by hosting a support group. Where? In her hot tub of course. 

It's a move that puts her neck-deep in trouble.

One of her California consciousness, create your own reality pals turns up mellowed out and murdered in her jacuzzi. And when Kate tries some New Age sleuthing by tracking down the killer with a psychic, the message comes through crystal clear. Butt out or die.

Printing History

Written by Jaqueline Girdner

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Communications, Inc

Diamond Books

55773-721

June 1992
2nd printing

Breach of Duty by J.A. Jance

A J.P. Beaumont Mystery

The Seattle that J.P. Beaumont knew as a young policeman is disappearing. The city is awash in the aromas emanating from the glut of coffee bars, the neighborhood outside his condo building has sprouted gallery upon gallery, and even his long cherished diner has evolved into a trendy eatery for local hipsters. But the glam is strictly surface, for the grit under the city's fingernails is caked with blood. J.P. and his partner Sue Danielson, a struggling single parent, are assigned the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed. As their investigation proceeds, Beau and Sue become embroiled in a perilous series of events that will leave them and their case shattered, and for Beau nothing will ever be the same again.

Printing History

Written by Judith Ann Jance

Avon Books, Inc

ISBN 380 71843

Hardback Edition February 1999

Paperback Edition November 1999

Selvaggia Salome' by Carter Brown

Italian Edition of The Savage Salome

Printing History
Editoriale Ellisse
I Gialli Classici
Vol XLVI
No Date
Milano Italy

Read the original post here from January 2011
Murder Is My Mistress

And from Feburary 2012
Long Story Magazine No 20

Trivia
The Savage Salome was revised from Murder Is My Mistress

The Revengers by Donald Hamilton

A trip down memory lane explodes into a nerve-shattering odyssey for Matt Helm

Mean But Honest, Tough But Fair

It began with a funeral for an old friend that sparked romantic memories Matt Helm wanted to forget. Especially since they involved a woman he thought was out of his life forever. But when one old flame led to another and a lot of them were getting snuffed, it was hard to stay cool.  Suddenly Matt was hot on a trail that seemed to go nowhere, except back to his past. A past he thought had been buried in Mexico along with a small-time hood and a dirty drug deal. A past filled with women who were now leading him into the ultimate compromising position.

Printing History

Written by Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)

Copyright
1982

Random House, Inc
Ballantine Books
Fawcett Gold Medal Books
November 1982
ISBN 449 14487

The Tarlov Cipher by Jack Canon

A deadly secret tattooed on a beautiful woman's body!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #207

The secret that blow the Iron Curtain wide open was almost in Nick Carter's hand. Almost. But not quite. It was a jigsaw puzzle. The secret knowledge Alexander Tarlov had defected with was all in code and the key to the cipher was tattooed on the body of a lovely but mysterious woman. Nick was desperately trying to find her. So was the KGB.

Print History

Written by Jack Canon

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 79831

December 1985

Bella Donna Was Poison (Revised) by Carter Brown

Rock Stone set the scene for a TV murder play, 

but his beautiful corpse turned out to be real

Inspector Rock Stone is the hero of a weekly TV show where he puts the cuffs on the murderer in the last 30 seconds, and that is guaranteed by the sponsor. Then some slob has to make with an unsponsored murder right in the middle of the display window plugging the show. And the real inspector, who does not like the TV, puts Rock Stone in a neat frame where a hole in the head will complete the picture. There were lots of beautiful dolls mixed up in it. There was Hannah Vogue, the vague vagrant, for example. And frankly, she was no example. There was Arline, Rock's very own producer. who was female and one could see that when you get near to her, near sighted or not. Stone would have loved them all, if he had the time. Did he mention Messenger John, the guy with a message which was usually wrapped in hot lead or cold steel?

 

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publications, Inc

Numbered Series #39 (May 1957)

Reprint By Demand Series #10 (August 1959)

Trivia

The original post from November 2010

Bella Donna Was Poison

Thrills Incorporated No 19

Operation Space-Freeze

Contents

Operation Space-Freeze

Written by Wolfe Herscholt

The old man was really out of this world, and inviting them to join him!
  

Lifeline On Luna

Written by N.K. Heming
(Norma Kathleen Hemming 1928-1960)

It was the supremely cruel gesture to throw a life-line to a space castaway that you knew would never reach him.

Levitation Unlimited

Written by Mike Jersey

What did it matter if he didn't know how he did it, Johnny just jumped into the air and flew.

Published by 

Seabourn Printing and Trading Company

for Transport Publishing Co, Pty Ltd
February 1952

Somebody To Kill by Richard Reinsmith

He has to protect her from two kinds of death

Murder and suicide!

Ray Martin is set to enjoy a well deserved vacation when he suddenly finds himself back on the job, hired to protect a suicidal ex-massage parlor hostess caught up in the world of high finance, where both stocks and sex are sold over the counter. But too much love for the wrong man has put her out of a job. Now she feels she has nothing to live for. And Ray discovers that somebody with a gun could not  agree more.

Printing History

written Richard Reinsmith

copyright 1983

Dorchester Publishing Company, Inc

Leisure Books

ISBN 8439 2072

January 1984

The Execution Exchange by Gayle Lynds

Agent N3 battles against kamikaze assassins!

George Gross Cover

Killmaster #206

What do a Mafia hit man and a former Green Beret turned mercenary have in common?

They're both double agents for an unknown terrorist group killing off high government officials, and now they're dead!

Nick Carter's assignment: Find the next agent before he completes another execution.

It's not going to break Nick's heart when he finds out that the double agent is his friend's widow...

Print History

Written by Gayle Lynds

Berkley Publishing Group

Charter Books

Published by arrangement with The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

ISBN 441 21877

November 1985