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Northern France, 1940. All seems lost. Only the British Expeditionary Force stands between the enemy and the coast. And General Storch's 14th Panzer is about to close the trap. But a solitary British Matilda tank, Bert, is coming up behind the German lines. Crewed by Sergeant Barnes, Corporal Penn and Trooper Reynolds, can one tank possibly destroy a whole German tank division?

Such is his detailed knowledge it is easy to forget this is fiction' Daily MailThe time bomb which was to kill Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer and Commander-In-Chief of the German armed forces, was assembled at Smolensk with great care...' In 1943 Hitler was at the height of his powers. At his side constantly was Martin Bormann. On his mind constantly was the war against the beleaguered might of Stalin's Russia. After 13 March 1943, records show a drastic change in the Fuhrer's behaviour and personality. And 13 March 1943 was the date of a bomb attack on the Fuhrer private aircraft. If Hitler was destroyed on that fateful date, who was the man in the Berlin bunker two years later? How did Martin Bormann succeed in keeping the anti-Nazi generals from seizing the Reich? And who was Woodpecker - the Soviet spy at the pinnacle of the Nazi was machine? Colin Forbes' blistering novel retraces the last two years of a world at war, following the story of a British wing-commander who knows too much and a German secretary who knows much more...to expose the most startling theory yet about the death of the Third Reich...

When the Atlantic Express pulls out of Milan, it has aboard the highest-ranking defector ever to come out of Russia - a man of vital importance to both East and West. As a blizzard roars, the Express is targeted by Soviets determined to kill him.

When a member of their staff is murdered, Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman find themselves involved in a sinister plot where a mysterious female assassin is murdering anyone who gets close to the truth.

'Brace yourself. I'm going to be accused of murder and rape. A beautiful young girl i've never seen before...' Target of a ruthless frame-up, Tweed is forced to flee into snow-bound europe. Paula Grey insists on accompanying him on his journey into the unknown. The relentless manhunt is directed by Lance Buckmaster, newly appointed Minister for External Security. Europe's top security chiefs, once Tweed's friends, are alerted to arrest the fugitive. The unknown enemy hires Armand Horowitz, Europe's top assassin. His mission: kill Tweed. Racing down Germany's authobahns, Tweed and Paula face lethal ambushes. Why is it vital Tweed never returns alive? Is the key to these bizarre events Shockwave, sheet anchor of Western Europe's defence? Transported abroad the Lampedusa, sailing Britain, the giant computer could guarantee the safety of the world. And Tweed was in charge of its uninterupted passage. Joined by foreign correspondent Bob Newman, Tweed seeks desperately to elude his mysterious pursuers. Arriving at his Swiss sanctuary via the ice-cole Black Forest, Tweed hears of the catastrophe. The Lampedusa has been hijacked.... Colin Forbes 'has no equal' Sunday Mirror

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 against him. From the author of FURY.

Unknown assassin will attempt to eliminate one - repeat one - of four VIPs aboard Summit Express...' Another peerless thriller from the master storyteller.A British agent mysteriously murdered on Lake Konstanz in Germany. Keith Martel, his replacement, must move swiftly. Aided by Claire Hofer. The neo-Nazi DELTA organization are conspiring ruthlessly. Someone else is conspiring equally savagely. Double Jeopardy. A nightmare bloodbath in Zurich. A sudden attempt on Martel's life. And close to midnight on 2nd June, the Summit Express moves east, taking the four top Western leaders to meet their Soviet counterparts in Vienna. One of them is targeted. Which one is Martel's problem. And for the first time - Tweed appears.

An assassination attempt on the President of the Republic; rumours circulating of an impending coup d'etat and a dying man whispering a codename - The Leopard. Prefect of the Paris police, Marc Grelle guesses there's a connection that could tear France apart.

' He will be assassinated - the general took the decision last night.' Murder - committed over forty years ago, is the detonator which triggers off Tweed, Paula Grey and Newman in their quest for The Greek Key. On Exmoor live three former Commandos who raided the island of Siros during World War 2. What is the secret which binds the trio in a state of terror years later? When agent Harry Masterson is found dead in Greece, Tweed marshals his forces, including the ruthless, cynical Marler, to hunt down the killer. But what is the connection linking Athens with Exmoor and an unsolved murder case over forty years old? What part is played by the mysterious Christina? And why are so many terrified of identifying The Greek Key? Trapped in a vortex of violence and death, Tweed begins to uncover a diabolical plot to destroy detente. As time runs out, only Tweed can neutralize catastrophe - if he isn't already too late.... Colin Forbes 'has no equal' Sunday Mirror

Zero Hour, July 1943. Sicily is the key to the imminent Allied invasion of Europe. Defended by a large German Army, limitless Nazi reinforcements can be brought in almost immediately. Major Petrie lands at Palermo on a secret mission - which has to work.

General Charles De Fourge sees himself as a modern day General de Gaulle. He intends to usurp the role of the current President of France by stirring up anti-Semitic, and anti-German feeling.

Tweed is faced with the most mysterious and dangerous task of his career when he is invited to a secret meeting with the Russians. A brilliant master planner of the Soviet elite forces has disappeared and the Russians suspect he is using his skills to plan a catastrophe, to extort a vast fortune from a Europe held to ransom. Tweed, sceptical, agrees to investigate.

`The downward gradient increased as he pressed his foot harder and prayed - prayed against two catastrophes... ` April 1941 - the monastery on the heights of Zervos takes on a crucial new significance as the Germans prepare to invade Greece. A Scots secret agent, a Greek patriot and two English soldiers face tremendous odds as they race against time to dent crack Nazi troops the use of this vital observation post. The action begins at sea and continues non-stop overland in a murderous mind-killing creep up the ice-bound mountain, culminating in a sensational, breathtaking, nail-biting finish... Colin Forbes `Has no equal` Sunday Mirror

A thriller featuring Tweed of the SIS, as he battles to discover which one of his European sector chiefs is a traitor. Other work by the author includes "The Stone Leopard", "The Palermo Ambush", "The Heights of Zervos" and "The Greek Key".

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.

From the author of Deadlock, Whirlpool and Double Jeopardy comes the reissue of, Terminal. Each of Colin Forbes' books have been published worldwide and translated into 30 languages.

'Adam Procane has to be stopped...' It was the last message his wife ever sent, and even as he read it, foreign correspondent Bob Newman knew she was dead. The killers had sent a film of her murder to London with the warning - tell other people to keep away from Procane... Procane, a top Washington official, is about to defect. With the Presidental election two months away, it's the last thing the Americans want. Trouble is, until they know exactly who he is, they can do nothing to stop him. In London, Tweed of SIS watches and waits. Four highly suspect Americans have already passed through en route to Scandinavia - the Deputy Head of the CIA, the National Security Adviser and his wife, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Any one of them could be Procane. Meanwhile Newman has slipped off to Finland, bent on revenge. It's time for Tweed to act. To get back into the field. To stop Newman and find Procane - before he - or she- takes vital secrets to the East....

The wave of the future confronts Tweed - carrying death for at least a hundred million people. With Paula Grey and Bob Newman, Tweed tracks the creator of the supreme weapon, Dr Goslar. Identity unknown - man or woman? The trail leads from the coast north of Dartmoor to London. Two mysterious women appear - Serena Cavendish, then Trudy Warner, just arrived from the US. Can Tweed trust either? Captain Alan Burgoyne, Gulf War veteran, joins Tweed`s team. The Yellow Man surfaces - the most savage assassin Tweed has ever encountered. The pursuit of Goslar moves to Paris. Tweed has many enemies - the French security services, a `non-existent` American unit, the rival British Special Brand - all determined to seize the weapon. From Paris, Tweed, always under threat, races to Geneva, on to Annecy. Goslar`s base is still unknown. He is close to delivering the weapon to the West`s mose fanatical opponent. Is Tweed too late? A crescendo climax explodes in remote snowbound mountains. For pace, for intriguing characters, Forbes has created his most atmospheric novel yet.

'The whole of the West must suffer as we are suffering in Palestine . . . ' The extremists have taken over. Again the weapon is oil. Masterminding the plan to destroy Israel, Sheik Gamal Tafak has hired professional terrorists - including LeCat, the French killer, and Winter, the enigmatic Englishman.The action races from Cairo to Hamburg, Paris, London and California. The worldwide conspiracy unfolds. Russia and the West are stunned. A super-tanker bound for San Francisco is hi-jacked, armed with a nuclear bomb. The extremists sail for the Golden Gate Bridge, threatening to annihilate America's most beautiful city. Only two people can turn the tide - Winter, professional adventurer, and Betty Cordell, expert markswoman. Colin Forbes 'Has no equal' Sunday Mirror

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.

From the author of Deadlock, Terminal and Double Jeopardy comes this story of espionage and adventure. Europe faces chaos - organised by the invisible enemy using new methods to take over the continent.

Paula Grey 'witnesses' the murder of Norbert Engel, key German Statesman. A veiled woman entered and left the building. One by one, the elite strongmen in a leaderless Europe are assassinated. Tension rises as Tweed, Paula and Bob Newman fly to Zurich, where a fresh assassination takes place. Again a veiled woman was seen. Tweed's pursuit leads to a strange village in Vienna where attempts are made to kill him.

Rejecting any terrorist involvement, Tweed senses the danger but cannot identify the source. His desperate search drives Grey, Newman and Cardon underground inside Europe. And Cardon is trapped in an emotional situation with a strange woman.

Is Al-Qa'eda about to attack London? Who is the traitor in Britain, manipulating his opponents mercilessly? Time has run out. This Tweed does know. But what is the target? When and where will the attack be launched? Panic grips Whitehall and Tweed is road-blocked by bureaucrats at every turn. Unless Tweed's team track the mass killers, thousands of Londoners will be annihilated. Tweed brings in the SAS. The climax - along the Thames and London's most famous bridges - is shattering.

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Britain is in mortal danger. The Prime Minister has been assassinated. Is a giant power determined to absorb Britain into its own system? Enemies flood into the country and the noose is tightening. Who is running this gigantic operation?

" ...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 believer in world peace, flees from his Soviet base to hand the West secrets which would neutralize the East's potential stranglehold. His escape route is across the grimmest terrain on earth - the empty wastes of the frozen Arctic. Keith Beaumont, Polar veteran, is sent to bring Gorov in to safety. Moscow sends master polar strategist, Colonel Igor Papanin to seize him first. Exposed to traitors and worsening weather, Beaumont struggles to outwit a whole Soviet fleet to save Gorov - to help him to reach the Western base. "Colin Forbes 'has no equal'" - "Sunday Mirror".

Tweed and Paula of the SIS take over the brutal murder case of two attractive women from the plodding Chief Inspector Reebeck. A clue leads them to a remote rural country controlled by the human but dangerous 'Pit Bull'.

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Tweed investigates the murder of the matriarch of Europe's most powerful private bank.

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 he has to make a seemingly impossible decision about one of his own team. Loyalties are tested to the limit in this topical, fast-paced, highly tense new thriller from Colin Forbes.

These audiobooks from Macmillan UK offer abridged readings of some of the world's most popular authors. Handsomely packaged, they feature readings by eminent actors of the stage and screen, including James Fox, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith and David Rintoul.

Een lid van de Britse geheime dienst moet een gruwelijke moord oplossen en een poging om een totalitaire eenheidspolitie te vormen, verijdelen.

In 1941, vlak voor de Duitse invasie in Griekenland, ontstaat tijdens een noodweer een hachelijke situatie op een Griekse veerboot waarop Duitsers en Britten meevaren. Eerder verschenen als De rotsen van Zervos.

In letzter Minute - bk1133; Heyne Verlag; Colin Forbes; pocket_book; 2002

Tweed, Paula Grey und Bob Newman stehen vor einer neuen Bedrohung: Leopold Brazil, ein bösartiger Mastermind, hat einen Geheimplan, der das Kräfteverhältnis auf der Erde drastisch verändern könnte.

Nullzeit (The Stone Leopard) Frankreich wird von einer Mordserie erschüttert, und auf den Präsidenten wird ein Attentat verübt. Der Pariser Polizeipräfekt verfolgt Spuren nach Südfrankreich, in ein Tal mit dem \"Leoparden\". Lawinenexpress (Avalanche Express) Ein wichtiger östlicher Überläufer soll mit seinen brisanten Informationen sicher von Moskau nach Basel gebracht werden. Die Gegenseite will das mit einem \"Lawinen-Unglück\" verhindern... Target 5 1972 - mitten im Kalten Krieg: Beide Blöcke befürchten eine Invasion auch von ungewöhnlicher Seite. So werden auch in der Arktis von beiden Seiten \"Forschungsstationen\" eingerichtet. Und in der sowjetischen, die einer amerikanischen am nächsten ist, wartet ein angesehener Meeresforscher auf seine Chance zum Überlaufen ...

De moord in Finland op de medewerker van een grote internationale bank trekt de aandacht van verschillende geheime diensten.

Een Brits-Canadese Noordpoolkenner krijgt de opdracht een Russische geleerde met geheime documenten uit de barre ijswoestenij van de Noordpool naar Amerika te loodsen, terwijl hij achtervolgd wordt door de Russische veiligheidsdienst.

Übersetzung aus dem Englischen von Franz Schrapfeneder und Peter Pape. Das Buch umfasst 383 Seiten und enthält eine Kartenskizze.

Das Tor zur Hölle - bk1743; Heyne, W; Forbes, Colin; pocket_book; 2001

Gabriel March Walvis strebt eine weltweite Diktatur an und infiltriert politische Gremien sowie die Mafia. Tweed, stellvertretender Chef des britischen Geheimdienstes SIS, und sein Team stellen sich ihm entgegen. Ein spannender Thriller über Rache, Korruption und organisiertes Verbrechen.

Wielka Brytania stoi w obliczu największego zagrożenia od czasów II wojny światowej. Tajemniczy płatny morderca, zwany Duchem, zabija w zamachu angielskiego premiera oraz francuskiego ministra, a Pauli Grey w ostatniej chwili udaje się uratować życie właśnie zdymisjowanego zastępcy dyrektora CIA, Corda Dillona. Na Wyspy Brytyjskie ściągają przestępcy ze Stanów Zjednoczonych pod wodzą tajemniczego następcy Dillona - Eda Osborne'a. Londyn staje się scenerią serii krwawych zamachów bombowych, a Tweed omal nie pada ofiarą porwania. W tej sytuacji Tweed zmuszony jest przenieść swój zespół do rezerwowego ośrodka dowodzenia SIS na bagnach Romney - tam właśnie rozegra się decydujące starcie o władzę w Wielkiej Brytanii.

Paula Grey przychodzi na umówione spotkanie z niemieckim politykiem Norbertem Engelem. W jego mieszkaniu znajduje gospodarza z kulką w głowie. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że Engela zamordowała członkini podstępnego Przymierza Sióstr. Lista ofiar polityków, naukowców,i wysokich urzędników służb bezpieczeństwa sugeruje Tweedowi, że za zamachami kryje się pewna bliskowschodnia potęga. Tweed podejrzewa że mózgiem operacji jest handlarz bronią, kapitan Wellesley Carrington, lub Amos Lodge, strateg pracujący na zlecenie kilku zachodnich rządów. Napięcie wzrasta. Priorytetowym celem zabójcy staje się Tweed, który krok po kroku rozwiązuje tajemnicę Przymierza Sióstr. Nieunikniona konfrontacja następuje w przeddzień inwazji na Europę...

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Een gewelddadige terroristische groepering houdt Europa in haar greep. Het continent wordt geteisterd door een storm van aanslagen. Tweed, van de Britse geheime dienst, zijn vriend Robert Newman, en hun medewerkers Philip Cardon en Paula Grey bundelen hun krachten om de ongrijpbare figuur achter de aanslagen te ontmaskeren. Een desperate jacht volgt, een jacht die hen naar alle uithoeken van Europa voert waarbij de kansen van beide kampen telkens keren. Tot overmaat van ramp lijkt Philip Cardon te bezwijken voor de charmes van een zeer geheimzinnige vrouw. Is zij wellicht de sleutel tot de oplossing van het drama?

Wanneer een Britse geheim agent en een journalist in Griekenland de moord op een andere geheim agent onderzoeken, stuiten ze op een groep fanatieke communisten die een aanslag op het Russische staatshoofd voorbereidt.

De Britse geheime dienst wordt gehinderd door diverse rivaliserende organisaties bij hun jacht op een geheimzinnige geleerde die een levensgevaarlijk virus heeft ontwikkeld.

Im Rahmen einer weltweiten Verschwörung wird ein Attentat auf höchster Ebene vorbereitet. In lebensgefährlichen Auseinandersetzungen mit der geheimnisvollen Organisation äMäanderä und einem dramatischen Wettlauf mit der Zeit muss der englische Agent Tweed herausfinden, wer äJupiterä ist. Schauplätze des aktionsreichen, teils verwirrenden Romans sind Athen, Moskau, Kap Sunion und Cornwall

Het hoofd van een onderzoeksteam krijgt opdracht een cel van Al Quaida, die een aanval op Europa voorbereidt, te ontmantelen.

Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft een commandogroep op Sicilië de hulp van de maffia nodig om de gestelde opdracht uit te voeren.

General Charles de Forge ist ein gefährlicher Mann. Als Mitglied der Geheimorganisation »Cercle Noir« träumt er den Traum Napoleons: die Vorherrschaft der Grande Nation in Europa. Der politische Umsturz ist sein Ziel, Terrorismus und Mord sind seine Mittel. Wird es Tweed, dem britischen Chefagenten, gelingen, die Pläne des Machtbesessenen in letzter Minute zu vereiteln?