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Nicholas (House name) Carter

Best known as the house name behind many early Nick Carter detective stories, this byline covered a fast-moving stream of dime novels and pulp adventures that helped shape popular mystery fiction. Rather than one single writer, it was used by several contributors working on the long-running series.

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Captain Sparkle, Pirate; Or, A Hard Man to Catch

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 122, January 9, 1915: The suicide; or, Nick Carter and the lost head

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins, E. K. Nostwell

A Stolen Name; Or, The Man Who Defied Nick Carter

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Stolen Brain; Or, A Wonderful Crime

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

With Links of Steel; Or, The Peril of the Unknown

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 154, August 21, 1915: The mask of death; or, Nick Carter's curious case.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Bertram Lebhar

The Babbington case; Or, Nick Carter's strange quest

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

A Broken Bond; Or, The Man Without Morals

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Out of Death's Shadow; Or, A Case Without a Precedent

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Photographer's Evidence; Or, Clever but Crooked

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 159, September 25, 1915: Driven from cover; or, Nick Carter's double ruse.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 158, September 18, 1915: The blue veil; or, Nick Carter's torn trail.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

New Nick Carter weekly; No. 28. July 10, 1897; Nick Carter at the track; or, How he became a dead game sport.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 160, October 2, 1915: The Yellow Label; or, Nick Carter and the Society Looters.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter weekly No. 186, July 21, 1900: Nick Carter rescues a daughter; or, The junior partner's strange behavior.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

New Nick Carter weekly no. 197: The little glass vial; or A beautiful blackmailer brought to bay

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins

Nick Carter Stories No. 11, November 23, 1912: Nick Carter Strikes Oil; or, Uncovering More Than a Murder

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Alden F. Bradshaw

Nick Carter Stories No. 131, March 13, 1915: A fatal message; or, Nick Carter's slender clew

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

Nick Carter Stories No. 156, September 4, 1915: Blood Will Tell; or, Nick Carter's Play in Politics

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Hidden Foes; Or, A Fatal Miscalculation

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 155, August 28, 1915: The Gordon Elopement; or, Nick Carter's Three of a Kind.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Bertram Lebhar

Nick Carter Stories No. 152, August 7, 1915: The Forced Crime; or, Nick Carter's Brazen Clew.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Snarled Identities; Or, A Desperate Tangle

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Great Diamond Syndicate; Or, The Hardest Crew on Record

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

A Battle for Right; Or, A Clash of Wits

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 157, September 11, 1915: A human counterfeit; or, Nick Carter and the crook's double.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Bertram Lebhar

The Twin Mystery; Or, A Dashing Rescue

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 151, July 31, 1915: The Mystery of the Crossed Needles; or Nick Carter and the Yellow Tong

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Nick Carter Stories No. 134, April 3, 1915; The Secret of Shangore; Or, Nick Carter Among the Spearmen

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 150, July 24, 1915: The House of Fear; or, Nick Carter's Counterstroke.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915: Won by Magic; or, Nick Carter's Mysterious Ear.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

Nick Carter Stories No. 143, June 5, 1915: The sultan's pearls; or, Nick Carter's Porto Rico trail

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

Nick Carter Stories No. 120, December 26, 1914: An uncanny revenge; or, Nick Carter and the mind murderer.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 135. April 10, 1915; Straight to the Goal; Or, Nick Carter's Queer Challenge

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 121, January 2, 1915: The call of death; or, Nick Carter's clever assistant

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins

Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915: The duplicate night

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

A Cigarette Clew; Or, "Salted" For a Million

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Man Without a Conscience; Or, From Rogue to Convict

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 148, July 10, 1915; The Mark of Cain; or, Nick Carter's Air-line Case

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Nick Carter Stories No. 138 May 1, 1915; The Traitors of the Tropics; or, Nick Carter's Royal Flush

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 149, July 17, 1915: A Network of Crime; or, Nick Carter's Tangled Skein.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Nick Carter Stories No. 147, July 3, 1915: On Death's Trail; or, Nick Carter's Strangest Case

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Ralph Boston

Following a Chance Clew; Or, Nick Carter's Lucky Find

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 137, April 24, 1915: The Seal of Gijon; Or, Nick Carter's Ice-House Fight

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 146, June 26, 1915: Paying the Price; or, Nick Carter's Perilous Venture

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

Nick Carter Stories No. 123, January 16, 1915: Half a million ransom; or, Nick Carter and the needy nine.

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins, A. L. Small

Nick Carter Stories No. 145, June 19, 1915: An Unsolved Mystery; Or, Nick Carter's Goverment Case

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

Toying with fate; or, Nick Carter's narrow shave

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

Nick Carter Stories No. 139, May 8, 1915: The Pressing Peril

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

Nick Carter Stories No. 136, April 17, 1915: The Man They Held Back

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips

Nick Carter Stories No. 140, May 15, 1915: The Melting-Pot

by Nicholas (House name) Carter, C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

Under the Tiger's Claws; Or, A Struggle for the Right

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

The Four-Fingered Glove; Or, The Cost of a Lie

by Nicholas (House name) Carter

About the author

"Nicholas Carter" was a publishing house name used for the hugely popular Nick Carter detective stories, not the personal name of one author. The byline appeared on large numbers of dime novels and story papers built around the fictional detective Nick Carter, a character who became a fixture of popular entertainment from the late 1800s into the early 1900s.

Because it was a shared name, different writers contributed to books and serialized stories credited to Nicholas Carter. Project Gutenberg’s catalog also reflects that mix, listing works under the house name and, in some cases, alongside individual collaborators.

The Nick Carter stories are often linked to writer John R. Coryell, who is associated with the character’s earliest period. Even so, the name "Nicholas Carter" is best understood as a brand for a long-running series rather than as the identity of one biographical person.