The Fireman

The Fireman

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

Sally is a young, talented journalist living life to the full so why would she leap fifteen floors to her death? When the Hong Kong authorities decide it was suicide, her brother, a London-based reporter, is furious and flies to Hong Kong to discover what really happened . . . And exact his revenge.
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More Short Fuses

More Short Fuses

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

Four short stories from bestselling author Stephen Leather, plus opening chapters of five of his bestselling thrillers.The short stories are: Rules of Engagement (where Spider Shepherd has to help a friend who is in serious trouble with the police), The Constituency Meeting (where a group of old folks decide to commit a murder), Ghost Kids (where a holidaymaker takes more home from Thailand than he expected) and Massage Therapy (where the massage skills of a Thai masseuse change a man's life forever).There are also tasters of five of his bestselling novels, including Hard Landing, The Stretch and The Tunnel Rats.
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Soft Target ss-2

Soft Target ss-2

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

There’s only one thing more dangerous than a corrupt cop…. and that’s a corrupt cop with a gun. When a group of armed police in an elite unit turn maverick and start to rip off drug dealers at gunpoint, undercover cop Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd is given his most dangerous mission so far. Shepherd is ordered to infiltrate the tight-knit team, to gain their confidence and to ultimately betray them. Facing men with guns is nothing new for the former SAS trooper, but it’s the first time he’s had to investigate his own. As Shepherd finds himself on the firing line, he has to decide exactly where his loyalties lie.
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The Bestseller

The Bestseller

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

Would you kill to write a bestseller? Well Adrian Slater says that he's prepared to do just that – and announces the fact in a creative writing class.Lecturer Dudley Grose is convinced that Slater is a psychopath and means what he says. But the Dean of the university doesn't believe him and neither do the cops.But when a student on the course vanishes and her bathroom is awash with blood, the police wonder if Slater has actually carried out his threat, and if the book he's writing contains the evidence that will put him away.The Bestseller is a book about murder, but it's also an insight into the creative writing process and how ePublishing has changed the rules for ever, creating a world where murder as entertainment might actually pay.The Bestseller is a fast-paced novella of 53,000 words, about 180 pages, with a shocking twist in the tail.Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. He was a journalist for more than ten years...
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Tall Order: The 15th Spider Shepherd Thriller

Tall Order: The 15th Spider Shepherd Thriller

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

He is one of the world's most ruthless terrorists, codenamed Saladin. He plans and executes devastating attacks and then, ghost-like, he disappears. Ten years ago he blew a plane out of the sky above New York - and now he's struck again, killing dozens in a London strike. But one of the latest victims is related to the acting head of MI5, who knows exactly who she wants on the case: Spider Shepherd. Dean Martin, a psychologically damaged former Navy SEAL, is the only person in the world who can identify Saladin. But Martin was killed ten years ago - wasn't he? Shepherd must find Martin and take him back to the killing fields on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Revenge on the world's most wanted terrorist is long overdue, and Shepherd is determined to be the one to deliver it . . . ****************** 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
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Crime Scene: Singapore

Crime Scene: Singapore

Stephen Leather

Mystery & Thrillers

The first ever multi-author anthology of crime fiction set in Singapore. Featuring stories from veteran UK crime writer Stephen Leather, Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng, and popular Singapore-based authors Richard Lord, Chris Mooney-Singh, Dawn Farnham, Lee Ee Leen, Pranav Joshi, Zafar Anjum, and Carolyn Camoens.
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