No Mercy - Colin Forbes

~ ~ How many of you have ever tried out one of those “painting by numbers” kits? You know the sort of thing. You fill in the numbered sections with the appropriate colour to eventually end up with a completed painting. The idea works well in theory, but the painting you end up with looks about as original as a Rolex watch from Del Boy costing a tenner in the Sunday markets! ~ ~ Well, this book by author Colin Forbes, “No Mercy”, reminds me very much of one of those painting by numbers kits. Except in this case, its “writing by numbers”. The whole book smacked of someone simply following a tried and tested formula for writing a crime thriller, with more of an ...  Read the complete review

Having recently finished reading my first Forbes novel I was keen to follow it up with another. So after Target 5 I spotted No Mercy in Smith’s as part of a buy one get one free offer and thought it might be worth a read. I hadn’t realised that No Mercy was the latest in a long running series following the adventures of Tweed and his team. In fact I never realised until I’d finished the book and there was no way you could tell from reading it. When the Superintendent of the police finds a man sat on the steps of White Hall he seems a little confused. The man only seems to know three words, “I Witnessed murder…..”. Superintendent Buchanan names him Michael and ...  Read the complete review