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'.
Colin Forbes Book order
This British author is a master of thrilling spy novels, particularly renowned for his series featuring Tweed, the Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Service. He began his literary career under his own name but published the majority of his over forty works as Colin Forbes. His writing is distinguished by exceptional authenticity, as he personally visited every location featured in his books. This dedication to detail imbues his compelling narratives with a vivid and believable quality.
- 2006
- 2005
Cross of Fire / Whirlpool
- 596 pages
- 21 hours of reading
- 2005
The Main Chance
- 370 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Tweed investigates the murder of the matriarch of Europe's most powerful private bank.
- 2005
Blood Storm
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
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.
- 2004
No mercy
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, MURDER A man is found by Chief Superintendent Buchanan sitting on the steps of Whitehall. The man has apparently lost his memory. He utters only three words: I witnessed murder... Buchanan calls him Michael, hand him over to a reluctant Tweed, ex-Scotland Yard detective, now Deputy Director of the SIS. Events lead Tweed with his assistant, Paula Grey, to desolate Dartmoor, accompanied by Michael. There they discover two skeletons. Later, two more -- one in London, the fourth on a Sussex canal boat. The wealthy Volkanian family, from Armenia, have a mansion on Dartmoor. Are they involved? Key characters are Lucinda Voyles and Anne Barton. There is a new development. A strange freighter, cargo holds empty, is spotted heading from the Mediterranean towards the Cornish coast. Tweed suspects the vessel is linked to the four horrific murders. The relentless pace of Tweed's investigation accelerates. Can he break the case before a sinister deadline? He fights ruthlessly to do so -- in a riveting double climax.
- 2004
Target five. Cover Story
- 566 pages
- 20 hours of reading
- 2003
- 2002
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?
- 2002
The Vorpal Blade
- 407 pages
- 15 hours of reading
The master thriller writer is back with his most powerful novel yet
- 2002
The Cell
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
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.
