Colin Forbes — No Mercy and the Main Chance

London, Simon Schuster, 2003 - 2005. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of the action novels of Colin Forbes. Containing 'No Mercy' (2003) and 'The Main Chance' (2005). Raymond Harold Sawkins (born in Hampstead, London 14 July 1923, died 23 August 2006) was a British novelist, who mainly published under the pseudonym Colin Forbes, but also as Richard Raine, Jay Bernard and Harold English. He only published three of his first books under his own name. Sawkins wrote over 40 books, mostly as Colin Forbes. He was most famous for his long-running series of thriller novels in which the principal character is Tweed, Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Service. In cloth bindings with original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, smart. Some light bumping to the head of the spines. Dustwrappers with some slight edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.