The Russians blame the Americans for a stolen Russian plane, so Killmaster Nick Carter swings into action to find out where it really went in Time Clock of Death.
This edition of the long-running spy series comes from the early 70s and was written by George Snyder, who chopped away at all kinds of men's adventure and western novels.
I have been doing a casual re-read of some of the series, which I loved as a teenager, and I especially remember having this one from the curious title. I'm surprised I don't remember more of it, as it opens with a woman getting shot while having sex with Nick Carter, and I think that would have stuck in my teenaged brain.
From there Nick Carter teams up with a sexy female agent to hunt "The Colonel," ending up at a Bond-style castle on an island filled with traps and shenanigans. A leather-clad, whip-wielding villainess and her army of female bodyguards are also right out of this era of Bond villainy.
Sits squarely in a less sophisticated era of race and gender relations, but a solid (though unremarkable) spy outing.
I got this from a big stack of Nick Carter books I got somewhere and read this quickly on a camping trip, the best possible way to consume it.
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