Harvey Ashby

Charles Thorogood has joined the Assault Commandos and is on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland. He and his men have the task of patrolling the tension-filled streets and experience all the tragedy and terror that this entails.

After being demobbed in 1945, veteran travel writer spent eleven years as a commercial traveller in the world of haute couture. His adventures in the rag trade were every bit as interesting as his later epic journeys.

This is the fourth thriller by Gavin Lyall to feature Major Maxim and it centres on a plot by a Jordanian army battalion to capture the prototype of Britain’s most sophisticated tank and reveal the secret to the Russians. Packed with action, suspense and authentic local colour.

When Jeremy Wheale’s brother is murdered by a mob hitman Jeremy travels from Devon to Mexico in search of the killers and a fabled hoard of gold.