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by Colin Forbes (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; New edition edition (4 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416511237
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416511236
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 99,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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At the urgent plea of his old friend, Commander Buchanan of Scotland Yard, Tweed, once ace detective, now Deputy Chief SIS, visits Mrs Bella Main, formidable matriarch controlling the Main Chance, the most powerful private bank in Europe. Bella tells Tweed and Paula Grey, his assistant, that she has refused an enormous offer from Calouste Gubenkian, the most ruthless and villainous man in Europe. Within days of their visit Bella is murdered. Tweed and Paula return to investigate the atrocious act. The bank's HQ is based in a huge Elizabethan manor hidden in The Forest, a vast area in the deep south of England. Tweed has already met members of the two families, run by their forefathers for generations. Was Bella murdered by one of them - or is it the work of the vicious Calouste? The movement never stops, changing to Calouste's Chateau Les Rochers in the Belgian Ardennes. A ferocious battle takes place. Two more murders are committed at the manor. Tweed and Paula race to tiny Seacove on the rugged Cornish coast to prevent another murder. Finally, Tweed proves the Bank, founded in 1912, was based on a brutal crime all those years ago.

About the Author
Colin Forbes is the author of twenty-nine thrillers which are now published into thirty languages. He writes a novel every year.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Welcome return to Forbes earlier style but still flawed, 29 Nov 2005
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This review is from: The Main Chance (Hardcover)
Immediately I started reading this novel I knew Colin had returned to his former style with the larger than life Main and Chance families, owners of the world’s riches private bank living in an enormous Elizabethan mansion in the centre of a dense ominous forest.

Leaving his recent detective type novels behind we once again enjoy the descriptions of countryside and town, the action is robust, and the traditional explosive finish. Many people dismiss Colin Forbes novels, but at his best he provides thoroughly enjoyable hectic excitement and entertainment.

There are flaws, the dialogue which is quite unbelievable in places, slang that is thirty or forty years out of date, and also the ridiculous treatment of Paula Grey. In interviews Forbes says Paula Grey is his favourite character and is almost real to him (my favourite as well) then why is her interaction with other characters so frequently fatuous?

Please Colin, let your publishers provide you with a good editor, with good constructive editing your novels could be back to your original cracking standard.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Take a chance and read something else., 16 Feb 2006
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First time I have felt the need to review a book. The Main Chance is quite terrible.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Did Colin Forbes write this?, 10 Mar 2006
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This review is from: The Main Chance (Hardcover)
I have been an admirer of Colin Forbes for many years but "Main Chance" is definitely the worst he has written (if indeed he did write it). It is disjointed and too far fetched for words.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dire reading
From the very outset, the book goes off on a mad plot, where everything makes no sense. The scale of the whole story is totally unrealistic, from the 'mountain' which appears to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Shell

2.0 out of 5 stars Labour of love
As a regular Colin Forbes reader, I read his last few novels including this one out of loyalty rather than for excitement. Read more
Published 13 months ago by DrDrill

3.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of action but not much else
Paula Grey and Deputy Director of the SIS Tweed are on their way to Hengitsbury Manor, a weird area to house the headquarters of the Main Chance Bank. Read more
Published on 16 May 2007 by Philippe Horak

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
It was one of his best yet especialy with it mainly being set in this country with only the brief forray abroad. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2005 by Ms. Germaine Hughes

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