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The Spider Shepherd Thrillers (Book 16)
- Author
- Stephen Leather
- Narrator
- Paul Thornley
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 25 July 2019
- Run Time
- 12 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd's career path - soldier, policeman, MI5 officer - has always put a strain on his family. So he is far from happy to learn that MI5 is using teenagers as informants. Parents are being kept in the dark and Shepherd fears that the children are being exploited.
As an undercover specialist, Shepherd is tasked with protecting a 15-year-old schoolboy who is being used to gather evidence against violent drug dealers and a right-wing terrorist group. But when the boy's life is threatened, Shepherd has no choice but to step in and take the heat.
And while Shepherd's problems mount up at work, he has even greater problems closer to home. His son Liam has fallen foul of the Serbian Mafia and if Shepherd doesn't intervene, Liam will die.
Praise for Stephen Leather
'A master of the thriller genre'
Irish Times
'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping'
Irish Independent
'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist'
Sunday Express
(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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It is the authenticity of this plot that grasps the imagination and never lets it go
Daily Mail on FIRST RESPONSE
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As tough as British thriller writers get
Irish Independent
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The sheer impetus of his storytelling is damned hard to resist
Sunday Express
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This is one of my favourite thriller series and one that should be more widely recognised for its excellence . . . Leather's fluid prose makes the pages fly by
Deadly Pleasures
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Details
- Author
- Stephen Leather
- Narrator
- Paul Thornley
- Duration
- 12 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 July 2019
- ISBN
- 9781473671942
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
The explosive new thriller in the Spider Shepherd seriesDan 'Spider' Shepherd's career path - soldier, policeman, MI5 officer - has always put a strain on his family. So he is far from happy to learn that MI5 is using teenagers as informants. Parents are being kept in the dark and Shepherd fears that the children are being exploited.As an undercover specialist, Shepherd is tasked with protecting a 15-year-old schoolboy who is being used to gather evidence against violent drug dealers and a right-wing terrorist group. But when the boy's life is threatened, Shepherd has no choice but to step in and take the heat.And while Shepherd's problems mount up at work, he has even greater problems closer to home. His son Liam has fallen foul of the Serbian Mafia and if Shepherd doesn't intervene, Liam will die.Praise for Stephen Leather'A master of the thriller genre'Irish Times'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' Irish Independent 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist'Sunday Express(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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