'COLIN FORBES HAS NO EQUAL AT THIS SORT OF THING' SUNDAY MIRROR
When a brilliant and ruthless master planner from the Soviet Union's elite forces vanishes, Tweed of the SIS is summoned to an urgent and secret meeting with the Russians.
To his shock, Tweed he is told the missing genius has turned maverick and Moscow does not know what he is planning - terrorism, extortion, or both?
At first Tweed is sceptical - why should he help his great enemy?
But gradually he begins to collect clues, which he reads as signs that some dark plan is being put into motion.
The trouble is, whenever he finds a witness, it is too late - the witness has been murdered.
And then Tweed discovers that a cargo of top secret high-power bombs and sea-mines has been smuggled out of Russia.
Where has this huge armoury been hidden? And what is the ultimate target?
Tweed faces the most difficult and dangerous task of his career as he and his allies must outwit a ruthless killer and prevent a catastrophe.Deadlock, the fifth book in the Tweed & Co. series, is an utterly gripping book, to be read and enjoyed equally as an adventure story, mystery novel or a spellbinding suspense thriller.
PRAISE FOR COLIN FORBES:
'Utterly realistic and gripping action' Spectator
'A projectile of a thriller' New York Times
'Better than Alistair Maclean's suspense novels' Pasadena Star-News
'Suspense mounts swiftly, plenty of action and intrigue' American Publishers Weekly
'Out-Alistairs Maclean' New York Times