London schwebt in großer Gefahr...doch scheinbar will das niemand erkennen, zumindest bis auf Tweed und sein Spezialteam (einer Bande aus Macho-Männern mit großen Gewehren und einer gutaussehenden Frau, die im Umgang mit Schusswaffen jeglichen Kalibers geübt ist, dabei aber trotzdem noch bei jede...
Tweed and his dynamic team face one of their biggest challenges yet. Not even the most sophisticated security systems nor the most experienced counter-terrorist czars can stand up to a force that threatens the whole of Europe. Tweed rarely experiences fear or doubt, but is almost overwhelmed when...
UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED !Oh Colin! the plot looked very promising and gripping but it just lost its charm midway through the book. The starting 150-200 pages are as interesting as it gets. But the moment Lindsay and his rescuers reach Yugoslavia,the book gets intolerable. The fight scenes were borin...
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The master thriller writer is back with his most powerful novel yet.AN INVESTIGATION INTO A NUMBER OF HORRIFIC AND APPARENTLY DISCONNECTED MURDERS SWEEPS TWEED ACROSS THE WORLD.The Vorpal Blade advances into gripping new territory. Tweed has reverted to his one-time role of Homicide Superintenden...
Bit of a different outing from Colin Forbes in ‘The Greek Key’. It has all the usual characters and traits of Forbes novel, namely lots of data /information as the plot develops, annoying and cryptic hints from Tweed, plot spread across different countries and a build up to an action packed and d...
"' . . . Urgent you penetrate icefield for possible rendezvous. Maximum risk must be accepted. Repeat. Must be accepted.'" In the weird world where huge ice islands rotate round the North Pole, Soviet submarines still prowl beneath the icecap. Top Russian oceanographer Michael Gorov, early belie...
Bella Main is worried about attempts from a ruthless European Banker, the mysterious Calouste Doubenkian, to take over the immensely rich and totally private bank that she heads. When Bella offers Tweed the job of Chief Administrator of the Main Chance Bank he declines, but the visit to the myste...
April 1941. British saboteur Ian Macomber reaches Greece and faces the near-impossible task of single-handedly destroying a German panzer division before it traps the British Expeditionary Force.
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A British secret agent is found murdered on Lake Konstanz in Bavaria, with a neo-Nazi sign carved on his back. However, was it the Nazis, or was it the Russians attempting to discredit them? Caught between them, British agent Martel must discover the truth, before he too becomes a victim.
Paula Grey has her first inkling of danger when a boat vanishes in fog off Lymington, its sole occupant drifts ashore, dead. Then a British naval commander warns Tweed that vessels are disappearing. How are these and other factors related? By the author of Cross of Fire.
France is in crisis. A right-wing general with leanings towards neo-Nazism is calling on the French people to rise up against immigrants. Rioting breaks out in cities, but is it really what it seems? Is someone engineering the crisis to change French leadership? Then to top it all, the French Pre...
Jules Beaurain is Commander of Telescope, an elite strike force, which is confronted by The Syndicate, a group which uses blackmail, bribery and terror to gain control of the economy of the West. Beaurain must locate and eliminate its leaders, but The Syndicate have already issued a death order a...
”It was going to be another lovely day----for the Germans.” The German Panzer IVWhen the Germans invaded Poland in 1939 Britain sent the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) to defend France. May 10th of 1940 the Germans invade the Netherlands and Belgium and quickly drive through the Ardennes t...
In this thriller, Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman face the most professional enemy they have ever encountered. Subjected to overwhelming and murderous pressure, Tweed's desperate task is to identify this mysterious opponent before it is too late. A nightmare scenario unfolds.
It started with a scream of terror from the desperate girl ... Tweed and Paula take over the brutal murder case of two attractive women from plodding Chief Inspector Reebeck. A clue leads them to a remote rural country controlled by 'Pit Bull': human and dangerous. They meet his weird family: 'da...
. .' Conway intervened, made a magnificent job of his intervention as his voice shook with genuine fury. 'This is an outrage! You come here and suggest searching the place? This is United States territory, Mr Vassily.' He stood away from the table as he faced Papanin. 'I hope I don't have to remi...
He came close to Newman, whispering the words.`She likes you. If something happens to me, you do what she says. You obey her. Then you will be safe.'`Nothing is going to happen to you.'`In this game fate deals different cards. We just had a good card. Maybe the next one...' He broke off as Gerda ...
The same employee who had driven away Ronstadt's car attempted to do the same thing with their Audi. Newman intervened. 'I may have to drive off quickly soon. Please leave it where it is.' 'That would be most unusual, sir.' 'I'm an unusual man.' Newman smiled at him. He handed him a hundred- mark...
If I have any news I'll let you know.' Tweed had reached the door with Paula by his side. When he spoke they both looked back. The Minister was standing now behind his desk, leaning forward, penetrating eyes observing them over his pince-nez. He was a striking-looking man, Paula thought. 'We will...
Everyone along the Californian coast is familiar with the sight of a US Coast Guard helicopter - these machines make daily patrols up and down the foreshore, often flying low over the beaches. So who would think the appearance of Winter's Sikorsky strange? It was deep dusk when Winter came in sig...
No vested interest in the world can buy him once he gets his teeth into a story. No one can stop him.' `You know this Newman?' `Unfortunately, no. But I can reach him. You see it even says where he's staying. I'd better call him — but I'll use that public phone box just down the street...' `You d...
'And they all have their weapons and plenty of ammo?' 'Uzi machine-pistols, grenades, rifles - automatic. All we took from that raid on the Herstal armaments depot in Belgium a couple of days ago.' Grand-Pierre went on quickly before Klein could ask the question. 'And we dropped that piece of pap...
A waiter had just served her with glass of Scotch. Not the first, I suspect, Paula thought as she walked up to her. 'Hello, Sophie, mind if I join you for a drink?' 'Another double Scotch,' Sophie shouted before the waiter had disappeared. 'Sit down, Paula. I'm feeling neglected.' 'That's entirel...