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Colin Forbes

    Cet auteur britannique est un maître des romans d'espionnage haletants, particulièrement célèbre pour sa série mettant en scène Tweed, le directeur adjoint du Secret Intelligence Service. Il a commencé sa carrière littéraire sous son propre nom, mais a publié la majorité de ses plus de quarante ouvrages sous le pseudonyme de Colin Forbes. Son écriture se distingue par une authenticité exceptionnelle, car il a personnellement visité chaque lieu figurant dans ses livres. Cette attention aux détails confère à ses récits captivants une qualité vivante et crédible.

    Colin Forbes
    Fury
    Avalanche Express
    The Leader and the Damned
    Deadlock / Year of the Golden Ape
    Tramp in Armour
    Target five. Cover Story
    • 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?

      Tramp in Armour
    • 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...

      The Leader and the Damned
    • 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.

      Avalanche Express
    • Fury

      • 514pages
      • 18 heures de lecture
      3,7(24)Évaluer

      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.

      Fury
    • Shockwave

      • 560pages
      • 20 heures de lecture
      3,9(450)Évaluer

      '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

      Shockwave
    • 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.

      The Stockholm Syndicate
    • Double Jeopardy

      • 254pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,8(691)Évaluer

      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.

      Double Jeopardy
    • The Stone Leopard

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,8(544)Évaluer

      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.

      The Stone Leopard