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MANNING LEE STOKES

1911 - 1976

Writing as: Bernice Ludwell, March Marlowe, Helen Sayle, Ken Stanton, Manning Lee Stokes, Kermit Welles, Kirk Westley, Ford Worth


Very prolific author of spy, mystery, and detective novels. One of the main early contributors to the Nick Carter series as well one of the main writers in the John Eagle, Expeditor series as John Edwards. Wrote under the pseudonyms of March Marlow, Ken Stanton, and Kermit Welles.



Series Books
Bernice Ludwell
 
Other Cordelia (1958)
  Haunted Spring (1956)
  Love Without Armor (1955)
  Moon of Hope (1956)
 
March Marlowe
 
Other F.B.I. Girl (1959)
 
Helen Sayle
 
Other The Blue Smock (1958)
 
Ken Stanton
 
The Aquanauts Cold Blue Death (1970)
  Ten Seconds To Zero (1970)
  Seek, Strike And Destroy (1971)
  Sargasso Secret (1971)
  Stalkers Of The Sea (1972)
  Whirlwind Beneath The Sea (1972)
  Operation Deep Six (1972)
  Operation Steelfish (1972)
  Evil Cargo (1973)
  Operation Sea Monster (1974)
  Operation Mermaid (1974)
 
 
Manning Lee Stokes
 
Nick Carter (1964) The Eyes of the Tiger (1965)
  Istanbul (1965)
  Web Of Spies (1966)
  Spy Castle (1966)
  Dragon Flame (1966)
  The Golden Serpent (1967)
  Mission To Venice (1967)
  Double Identity (1967)
  The Devil's Cockpit (1967)
  Assignment: Israel (1967)
  The Filthy Five (1967)
  A Korean Tiger (1967)
  The Red Guard (1967)
  Macao (1968)
  Temple Of Fear (1968)
  The Red Rays (1969)
  The Cobra Kill (1969)
  The Black Death (1970)
 
The Expeditor Needles Of Death (1973)
  The Brain Scavengers (1973)
  Valley Of Vultures (1973)
  The Green Goddess (1975)
  Silverskull (1975)
 
Richard Blade The Bronze Axe (1969)
  The Jade Warrior (1969)
  Jewel of Tharn (1969)
  Slave of Sarma (1970)
  Liberator of Jedd (1971)
  Monster of the Maze (1973)
  Pearl of Patmos (1973)
  Undying World (1973)
 
Other The Case of the Judas Spoon [Christopher Fenn] (1957)
  The Case of the Presidents’ Heads [Christopher Fenn] (1956)
  The Case of the Winking Buddha (1950)
  Corporate Hooker, Inc (1975)
  The Crooked Circle aka Too Many Murderers (1951)
  The Dying Room [Barnabas Jones] (1947)
  The Evangelist (1974)
  Grand Prix (1967)
  The Grave’s in the Meadow (1959)
  Green for a Grave (1946)
  Hang the Hangman (1956)
  The Iron Tiger (1958)
  The Lady Lost Her Head (1950)
  Murder Can’t Wait (1955)
  Triangle of Sin (1959)
  Under Cover of Night (1958)
  Wake Up to Terror (1955)
  Winning (1969)
  The Wolf Howls 'Murder' [Barnabas Jones] (1945)
 
Kermit Welles
 
Other Beloved Enemy (1954)
  Blood on Boot Hill (1958)
  Gambler's Girl (1951)
  Gambler's Girl (1951)
  Reckless (1954)
  Reformatory Women (1959)
  See No Evil (1952)
  See No Evil (1952)
  She Had What It Takes (1951)
  Strange Love (1959)
  Wild Wanton (1959))
 
Kirk Westley
 
Other The Innocent Wanton aka Wild Sister (1952)
  Man-Chaser aka Pleasure Bound (1955)
  Shanty Boat Girl aka Sin Preferred (1951)
  The Velvet Trap (1971)
 
Ford Worth
 
Other Pilgrim's Pistols (1946)
  Rustler's Warning (1951)