Published by Pan Books, London; 1991. 8vo. 542pp. First edition, first impression. Condition: Fine/Fine
Bound in original red cloth boards with title in gold to the spine. The binding is square and tight, in very smart condition, with no marks or damage, save for a touch of bumping to the spine ends and corners. Inside, the pages are clean and bright, free from blemishes or wear, with just a little spotting to the top edge.
The book is housed in its equally smart, first-issue dust jacket. It is vibrant and bright, with no damage other than slight bumping along the edges.
In all, this is a lovely example of this first edition by Colin Forbes, the eighth book in his Tweed & Co series. The book sees Tweed face the most desperate emergency of his career. Europe is being sucked into a whirlpool of terror. Bombs are detonating all over the continent - inside Russia, Glasnost is being blown to smithereens. This is a novel for today - and tomorrow. The climax - the surge of the whirlpool - is literally the most explosive Forbes has written so far. A must-have for any Forbes collector.