John Trenhaile Boeken

As the handover of Hong Kong to Communist China grows ever closer, the bitter struggle for power in the Far East has already begun. Outside forces are determined to undermine Hong Kong's financial stability - and to ensure that China inherits nothing but a worthless, empty shell. Pitted against them are the elite of Chinese Intelligence, the Mahjong Brigade, who plan to sabotage the plot, using as their instrument Simon Young - an influential Hong Kong tai-pan. A master in the mannered warfare of global finance, Young is a novice in the hostile world of international espionage. If he is to survive at all he must secure his own allies in this deadly game. But even his beautiful Chinese wife, Jinny, has secrets to conceal...

When a file containing sensitive top-secret foreign-policy information disappears, the world's most powerful nations scramble to retrieve it before its contents can destroy the delicate balance of world power. Reprint.

In this thriller, Francis Thornton, ex-barrister and successful businessman, has been accused of attempting to murder the Queen. The shadowing figure of Krait, an international terrorist and assassin, holds the key to the mystery of Thornton's plight.

In autumn 1990, the world's attention is on the approaching Gulf War. But in England an event is about to take place that could have a devastating effect on the fragile Western alliance - Iain Forward, wrongly imprisoned for murdering his boss, is being released and he's out to clear his name.