Cover Story
Published on 17. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
402 pages
978-1-913727-29-1 (ISBN)
Description
'SUPERB... COLIN FORBES HAS NO EQUAL AT THIS SORT OF THING' SUNDAY MIRROR
A journalist is brutally murdered and a video of her killing is sent to London by Soviet Intelligence with a warning - tell other people to keep away from Procane...
Intelligence agencies are convinced that Adam Procane, a top Washington official, is about to defect. But the Presidential election is only two months away and it's the last thing the Americans want.
Trouble is, no one knows who Procane really is, so nothing can be done to stop him.
In London, Tweed of SIS watches and waits.
Four highly suspect Americans have already passed through London en route to Scandinavia - the Deputy Head of the CIA, the National Security Advisor and his wife, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Any one of them could be Procane.
So it's time for Tweed to act. To get back into the field. To find Procane before the Soviets wreak havoc...
Cover Story is the third in the Tweed & Co series of gripping and suspenseful spy thrillers - perfect for fans of John le Carre, Ken Follett and Charles Cumming.
PRAISE FOR COLIN FORBES:
'Utterly realistic and gripping action' Spectator
'A projectile of a thriller' New York Times
'Will keep the reader on the edge of his chair' Daily Telegraph
'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
A journalist is brutally murdered and a video of her killing is sent to London by Soviet Intelligence with a warning - tell other people to keep away from Procane...
Intelligence agencies are convinced that Adam Procane, a top Washington official, is about to defect. But the Presidential election is only two months away and it's the last thing the Americans want.
Trouble is, no one knows who Procane really is, so nothing can be done to stop him.
In London, Tweed of SIS watches and waits.
Four highly suspect Americans have already passed through London en route to Scandinavia - the Deputy Head of the CIA, the National Security Advisor and his wife, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Any one of them could be Procane.
So it's time for Tweed to act. To get back into the field. To find Procane before the Soviets wreak havoc...
Cover Story is the third in the Tweed & Co series of gripping and suspenseful spy thrillers - perfect for fans of John le Carre, Ken Follett and Charles Cumming.
PRAISE FOR COLIN FORBES:
'Utterly realistic and gripping action' Spectator
'A projectile of a thriller' New York Times
'Will keep the reader on the edge of his chair' Daily Telegraph
'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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ferndown
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913727-29-1 (9781913727291)
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Person
Colin Forbes (1923-2006) was the principal pseudonym of British thriller writer Raymond Harold Sawkins. Sawkins wrote over 40 books, mostly as Colin Forbes. He was most famous for his long-running series of thrillers in which the principal character is Tweed, Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Service. Forbes started out working as a sub-editor for a publishing company before serving with the British Army in North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. When he went back to civilian life, he worked for a publishing and print company, eventually becoming a novelist on a full-time basis. Forbes made his debut as a published author in 1966 using his real name of Raymond Sawkins for the novel Snow on High Ground. His debut under his preferred pen name (Colin Forbes) came in 1969 with Tramp in Armour.