Manning Lee Stokes

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Career

Books by Manning Lee Stokes (Under his own name)

• The Wolf Howls “Murder”
• Green for a Grave
• The Dying Room
• The Case of the Winking Buddha
• The Lady Lost Her Head
• The Crooked Circle
• Murder Can't Wait
• The Case of the Presidents' Heads
• The Case of the Judas Spoon
• Under Cover of Night
• Triangle of Sin
• The Grave's in the Meadow
• Grand Prix
• Winning
• The Evangelist
• Corporate Hooker, Inc
• Un trou dans l'herbe - French.

  Books by Nick Carter (pseudo-name of Stokes) - [Nick Carter-Killmaster] Series

• Run, Spy, Run, #1
• The China Doll, #2
• The Eyes of the Tiger, #9
• Istanbul, #10
• Web of Spies, #11
• Spy Castle, #12
• Dragon Flame, #14
• The Golden Serpent, #20
• Mission to Venice, #21
• Double Identity, #22
• The Devil's Cockpit, #23
• A Korean Tiger, #26
• , #27
• The Red Guard, #28
• The Filthy Five, #29
• Macao, #31
• Temple of Fear, #35
• The Red Rays, #41
• The Cobra Kill, #47
• The Black Death, #56

  Books by Paul Edwards (pseudo-name of Stokes) - John Eagle “Expeditor” Series

• Needles of Death, #1
• The Brain Scavengers, #2
• Valley of Vultures, #5
• The Green Goddess, #12
• Silverskull, #14

  Books by Jeffrey Lord (pseudo-name of Stokes)- Richard Blade">Richard Blade (series)">Richard Blade Series

• The Bronze Axe, #1
• The Jade Warrior, #2
• Jewel of Tharn, #3
• Slave of Sarma, #4
• Liberator of Jedd, #5
• Monster of the Maze, #6
• Pearl of Patmos, #7
• Undying World, #8

Books by Bernice Ludwell (pseudo-name of Stokes)

• Love Without Armor
• Haunted Spring
• Moon of Hope
• Cordelia

  Books by March Marlowe (pseudo-name of Stokes)

• FBI Girl

  Books by Ken Stanton (pseudo-name of Stokes) - The Aquanauts Series

• Cold Blue Death, #1
• Ten Seconds To Zero, #2
• Seek, Strike And Destroy, #3
• Sargasso Secret, #4
• Stalkers Of The Sea, #5
• Whirlwind Beneath The Sea, #6
• Operation Deep Six, #7
• Operation Steelfish, #8
• Evil Cargo, #9
• Operation Sea Monster, #10
• Operation Mermaid, #11

  Books by Kermit Welles (pseudo-name of Stokes)

• Sin Preferred
• Gambler's Girl
• She Had What It Takes
• Wild Sister
• Pleasure Bound
• See No Evil
• Beloved Enemy
• Reckless
• Shanty Boat Girl
• Blood on Boot Hill
• Reformatory Women
• Wild Wanton
• Strange Love
• Les soeurs rivales - French.

  Books by Kirk Westley (pseudo-name of Stokes)

• The Innocent Wanton
• Shanty Boat Girl
• Man-Chaser
• The Velvet Trap

  Books by Ford Worth (pseudo-name of Stokes)

• Pilgrim's Pistols
• Rustler's Warning

  Books by Helen Sayle (pseudonym of Stokes)

• The blue smock

  Other information

• Stokes has had several novels published under two separate titles and two different pseudonyms, e.g.

• Other sources claim that Stokes has also published under the pseudonym “Lee Manning” although this cannot easily be corroborated.
• The pseudonym "March Marlowe" is similar to his wife's maiden name.
• The lead character in “The Aquanauts” series is named William Martin. Stokes used the same name for a different character in the Nick Carter novel Double Identity
• In the Nick Carter novel Dragon Flame Stokes introduces the character “Bob Ludwell” making use of one of his own pseudonyms “B Ludwell”.
• In the Nick Carter novels, Stokes first introduces and subsequently sustains the character of Della Stokes - the secretary of Carter's boss, David Hawk.
• In the Nick Carter novel Macao, Stokes uses his own first name as Carter's cover name.