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Tweed and Co Books in Order

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See the Tweed and Co books by Colin Forbes in order, with quick summaries, series background, and helpful guidance on where to start reading.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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24 books

1

Double Jeopardy

by Colin Forbes

1982

A British agent is murdered on Lake Constance with a neo-Nazi mark carved into his back. Major Martel must decide whether the killers are real extremists or Russian operators staging a deadly deception.

2

Terminal

by Colin Forbes

1984

Bob Newman picks up a clue about a smuggled package and finds it linked to the secretive Berne Clinic and something called Terminal. Tweed's team must work out what that word hides before the damage spreads.

3

Cover Story

by Colin Forbes

1986

A top Washington official is preparing to defect, but nobody knows which of several powerful people is the real target. Tweed must move fast through a fog of politics, false identities, and personal revenge.

4

The Janus Man

by Colin Forbes

1987

Tweed hunts a traitor buried inside British intelligence as Cold War loyalties begin to crack. It is a classic mole-hunt thriller, driven by suspicion, treason, and the fear that the next betrayal is already under way.

5

Deadlock

by Colin Forbes

1988

Six fresh graves in a Norfolk churchyard signal the start of a manhunt with Soviet implications. Tweed, Bob Newman, and Paula Grey race to find a missing Russian master planner before the crisis deepens.

6

The Greek Key

by Colin Forbes

1989

A murder committed decades earlier pulls Tweed, Paula Grey, and Newman into Devil's Valley on the trail of the Greek Key. Old grudges and vendettas turn the search into a dangerous, puzzle-like chase.

7

Shockwave

by Colin Forbes

1990

Framed for raping and murdering a young woman, Tweed goes on the run across snowbound Europe with Paula Grey. Hunted by former allies and a hired assassin, he must clear his name before he is killed.

8

Whirlpool

by Colin Forbes

1991

Tweed returns as terror sweeps Europe and the trail runs from Britain through Scandinavia to a mysterious institute in Lapland. The case plays against the crumbling hopes of glasnost and the arrival of a hidden new enemy.

9

By Stealth

by Colin Forbes

1992

When a lone boater drifts ashore dead and other vessels start disappearing, Paula Grey and Tweed begin pulling at a strange chain of clues. The mystery builds quietly into a maritime conspiracy with real bite.

10

Cross of Fire

by Colin Forbes

1992

The murder of an SIS agent in Bordeaux draws Tweed and Paula Grey into a violent network tied to riots in France. The case mixes street unrest, political manipulation, and a steadily rising body count.

11

The Power

by Colin Forbes

1994

Tweed, Paula Grey, and Bob Newman meet an enemy so efficient that every move feels anticipated. The result is a tight, pressure-cooker thriller about identifying the hidden force behind a growing nightmare.

12

Fury

by Colin Forbes

1995

After the wife of a senior member of Tweed's staff is murdered, grief and vengeance tear through the team. While Tweed hunts the missing husband, a hidden manipulator and a female assassin push the case toward chaos.

13

Precipice

by Colin Forbes

1996

Tweed dismisses the easy explanation of terrorism and follows a murkier threat across Europe. With Paula, Bob Newman, and Philip Cardon driven underground, the mystery turns on hidden motives and a woman who may hold the answer.

14

The Cauldron

by Colin Forbes

1996

A body on the California coast and a ship vanishing into fog seem unrelated until Tweed senses catastrophe. The case escalates into one of Forbes's biggest disaster-driven thrillers, with danger spreading far beyond a single murder.

15

The Sisterhood

by Colin Forbes

1997

Paula Grey witnesses the aftermath of a political killing in Vienna and suspects a shadowy group called the Sisterhood. As more assassinations follow, Tweed sees a wider plan to reshape Europe by force.

16

This United State

by Colin Forbes

1998

After the British Prime Minister is assassinated, Tweed uncovers signs of a vast operation aimed at pulling Britain under outside control. National panic becomes a wide, urgent manhunt for whoever is really running the show.

17

Sinister Tide

by Colin Forbes

1999

Tweed faces Dr Goslar again, the scientist behind a terrifying supreme weapon. A past defeat hangs over the case as the team races to stop a catastrophe that could kill millions.

18

Rhinoceros

by Colin Forbes

2000

Five heads of state are secretly plotting unrest across the West, and Tweed knows only four of them. Finding the hidden fifth conspirator becomes the key to stopping a push toward chaos and dictatorship.

19

The Vorpal Blade

by Colin Forbes

2001

Two headless corpses found far apart point Tweed, Paula, and Newman toward a ruthless enemy in the heart of Europe. The investigation races toward a large-scale disaster with very little time left to stop it.

20

The Cell

by Colin Forbes

2002

Tracking a highly capable killer sends Tweed, Paula Grey, and Bob Newman across Europe again, this time with Belgian ex-policeman Jules Beaurain. The chase turns into a grim pursuit of an enemy who is always one step ahead.

21

No Mercy

by Colin Forbes

2003

Tweed's team faces a lethal new enemy while betrayal keeps cutting across every move they make. The worst possibility soon emerges, the traitor may be frighteningly close to home.

22

Blood Storm

by Colin Forbes

2004

A threat powerful enough to shake Europe puts Tweed and his team under relentless pressure. As loyalties crack and one of their own is drawn into danger, the hunt becomes a tense test of trust as much as survival.

23

The Main Chance

by Colin Forbes

2005

Tweed visits Bella Main, head of a powerful private bank, after she turns down a predatory takeover offer. When Bella is murdered, he and Paula dig into family feuds, buried crimes, and a dangerous financier closing in.

24

The Savage Gorge

by Colin Forbes

2006

When two women are brutally murdered, Tweed and Paula Grey step in and find links to a remote estate, more killings, and a much larger plot. A rural murder case quickly widens into one of Tweed's last big conspiracies.

Series background & context

This is the series most readers link with Colin Forbes. The Tweed books follow a British intelligence leader who works by patience, memory, and grim persistence rather than glamour. Around him is a trusted circle that most often includes Paula Grey and Bob Newman, with other allies coming and going as the stakes rise.

Tweed is not written as a wisecracking action hero.

He is cool, watchful, and often a step quieter than everyone else in the room. That matters because these novels usually begin with something that seems limited, one corpse, one missing person, one strange message, one vanishing ship, and then widen into something much larger. A local murder in The Sisterhood points toward a European power struggle. A defection scare in Cover Story becomes a political race against time. In The Main Chance, a private bank murder opens onto family hatred, buried crimes, and a major financial threat.

Europe matters here.

Forbes liked trains, border crossings, mountain roads, hotel lobbies, ferry routes, and bleak villages where the wrong person has already arrived ahead of the heroes. The series moves through Switzerland, Austria, France, Scandinavia, Belgium, Britain, and beyond, and the settings are never just wallpaper. They shape the mood. A snowy landscape can feel like a trap. A polished city can feel just as dangerous.

The ongoing appeal of the series is the mix of spy fiction, conspiracy thriller, and investigation story. Tweed and his team are not chasing gadgets. They are trying to understand systems, who is funding what, who is lying, which official is compromised, and why apparently unrelated acts of violence keep forming a pattern. That gives the books a steady, procedural backbone even when the plots grow huge. And they do grow huge. Across the series, the team confronts defectors, secret cells, rogue scientists, assassins, extremist networks, shadow financiers, and plots aimed at destabilising whole countries.

The stakes are usually much bigger than the first corpse suggests.

Even so, the books keep returning to the same small circle of people. That is why reading in order helps. Double Jeopardy, Terminal, and Cover Story introduce the rhythm of the series, but later books hit harder if you already know the team and its habits. Paula Grey is not just support, she is sharp, brave, and often first to notice what others miss. Bob Newman brings energy and field instinct. Tweed ties it all together by refusing the obvious answer.

These are old-school intelligence thrillers, but not sleepy ones. They are dense, fast once they get moving, and deeply interested in how power hides itself. If you like European espionage, recurring teams, and plots that build from one unsettling clue into a continental emergency, Tweed and Co is the core of Colin Forbes.

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