Assassination Brigade is a novel of the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series.

Publishing history

The book was first published in 1973.

Plot summary

Carter must battle sleeper agent assassins to recover a stolen Chinese nuclear missile and stop a mad scientist from taking over the world.

Main characters

• Nick Carter, agent N-3, AXE
• Hawk, Carter’s boss, head of AXE
• Maria, Helga and Elsa von Adler, identical blonde triplets
• Dr Felix von Adler, former Nazi mind control expert
• Z1, AXE agent
• Dr Tom Christopher, AXE medical expert
• Dummlier, AXE agent France station
• Chiclet, AXE Station chief, Monaco
• Marcel Clement, AXE field agent, Nice
• Bonaparte, (code name) AXE agent, Paris
• Hans Verblen, AXE agent, Bern
• Dr Bosch, Swiss spa owner
• Suzanne Henley, spa worker