Under any other circumstances it would have been cause for celebration when Nick Carter’s three friends showed up in the States—
• the cross-eyed Egyptian criminologist Hakim Sadek, who had so often used his devious talents and hideous...
Second in the brand-new Harry Tate thriller series - In western Baghdad, a suicide bomber blows up a fortified house, killing everyone inside. In Norfolk, England, a runaway Libyan banker is assassinated. Different events, half a world apart - but...
In Peking ("Pekin" in British usage) the crowds gather for the funeral of the Chinese Premier. Quiller reports it: "The British delegates formed a short line along the side of the catafalque as their leader placed the Queen's wreath carefully...