of climatic conditions, especially fog. His works are also notable for his frequent inclusion of a prologue and epilogue. One of his manuscripts, The Heavens Above Us, was published only in German, under the title In letzter Minute. The two first releases, in 1979 and 1981, were under the pseudonym Harold English, but in 2002 it was re-released under the Colin Forbes name. Fury (1995) was inspired by the courage of his wife before she died, and he set it apart from his other novels "because of the strong emotion and sense of loss that runs through it". Just one of Forbes's novels was made into a film: Avalanche Express, directed by Mark Robson and starring Lee Marvin and Robert Shaw, which was released in 1979 to generally poor reviews. His last book, The Savage Gorge, was published posthumously in November 2006. Bibliography as Raymond Sawkins Snow series: Snow on High Ground (1966) Snow in Paradise (1967) Snow Along The Border (1968) as Richard Raine David Martini series: A Wreath for America (1967) (published in the United States as The Corder Index) Night of the Hawk (1968) Bombshell (1969) as Jay Bernard The Burning Fuse (1970) as Colin Forbes Tramp In Armour (1969) The Heights of Zervos (1970) The Palermo Ambush (1972) Target 5 (1973) The Year of the Golden Ape (1974) The Stone Leopard (1975) Avalanche Express (1976) The Stockholm Syndicate (1981) Cross of Fire (1992) Tweed & Co. series: Double Jeopardy (1982) Terminal (1984) Cover Story (1985) The Janus Man (1987) Deadlock (1988) The Greek Key (1989) Shockwave (1990) Whirlpool (1991) Cross of Fire (1992) By Stealth (1992) The Power (1994) Fury (1995) Precipice (1995) The Cauldron (1997) The Sisterhood (1998) This United State (1998) Sinister Tide (1999) Rhinoceros (2000) The Vorpal Blade (2001) The Cell (2002) No Mercy (2003) Blood Storm (2004) The Main Chance (2005) The Savage Gorge (2006). Published posthumously The Leader and the Damned (1983) as Harold English In letzter Minute (English script title: The Heavens Above Us) (1979) References External links The Times obituary, 24 November 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2010 1923 births 2006 deaths English thriller writers People educated at The John Lyon School 20th-century English novelists British Army personnel of World War II British expatriates in Italy