The Janus Man

by Colin Forbes

Tweed and Co (book 4)

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A thriller featuring Tweed of the SIS, as he battles to discover which one of his European sector chiefs is a traitor. Other work by the author includes The Stone Leopard, The Palermo Ambush, The Heights of Zervos and The Greek Key.

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'Janus Man' is the fourth in a series of 'Tweed and Co.' It's another cold war plot of spy versus spy. This is the first time I've seen Spymaster Tweed come out from behind his desk and work in the field. A man with a cold heart, he can also show weakness. The author has a substantial knowledge of the geographical landscape of his story. He's as good as a road map.
I find his character descriptions a bit too much. Each character mentioned is followed by a complete paragraph for a description, right down to the color of socks. It is obvious he has a fascination for women's legs.
it's a good story, not much of a suspenseful ending with a few threads left dangling.
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A thriller featuring Tweed of the SIS, as he battles to discover which one of his European sector chiefs is a traitor. Other work by the author includes "The Stone Leopard", "The Palermo Ambush", "The Heights of Zervos" and "The Greek Key".
Ze noemen hem Janus, naar de mythologische figuur met de twee hoofden, die ieder een andere kant uitkijken. En ook deze Janus lijkt een dubbelleven te leiden...
Tweed van de Britse geheime dienst krijgt de opdracht uit te zoeken wie er achter Janus schuilgaat. Het probleem is dat Tweed weet dat het een van zijn ondergeschikten is. Maar welke van de vier? Wie kan hij in vertrouwen nemen en wie moet hij ontmaskeren?

Om het raadsel te ontrafelen verzeilt Tweed, samen met zijn vriend en raadgever Bob Newman, in een bloedstollend avontuur dat uitmondt in een meedogenloze mensenjacht.

Pas op het allerlaatste moment merkt Tweed dat hij zélf het doelwit is van een vijandelijk commando...

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Canonical title*
Двуликий Янус
Original title
The Janus Man
Original publication date
1987
People/Characters
Tweed; Bob Newman; General Vasili Lysenko; Mikhail Gorbachev; Paula Grey; Hugh Grey (show all 11); Harry Masterson; Guy Dalby; Erich Lindemann; Diana Chadwick; Otto Kuhlmann
Important places
Hamburg, Germany; Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
First words
East Anglia in July. 2 a.m. Carole Langley walked by herself along the lonely road elevated above the surrounding flatlands of the Wash.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Tweed was left alone, sitting at his desk, staring at the wall map which showed the border between two worlds - East and West.
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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6069 .A94Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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