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There are lots of the books I will read again, but some for me the subject matter can be pretty grim and I won’t read them again. For a page turning thriller, try picking up one of Stephen Leather’s novels and be prepared to be wowed. With an eidetic memory, Shepherd packs a killer memory for everything he sees and hears, a weapon that comes very handy when he’s working undercover. In the novel, we learn that Shepherd was a British Special Forces soldier deployed to Afghanistan who had to leave the battlefield after being shot. PDF] [EPUB] Russian Roulette: An Action-Packed Spider Shepherd SAS Novella (Spider Shepherd: SAS Book 4) Download by Stephen Leather.
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But Shepherd’s reputation is also on the line – he helped get one of the jihadists into the UK during the final days of the War in Afghanistan. To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. One thing for me is there are locations written about in the stories, for example Leman street east London, Clapham North, Wimbledon common, Putney bridge, the bench outside Robert Dyas in Woking on which I have sat and ate my lunch when working in Woking) that I am very familiar with and it adds realism to what I am visualising. But Shepherd's reputation is also on the line - he helped get one of the jihadists into the UK during the final days of the War in Afghanistan.
If you’re jonesing for a hardcore and smart edge-of-your-seat thriller with a balanced worldview of characters and motivations with superb shootouts in nail-biting intensity, Dirty War is the perfect pick. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. Leather was born in Manchester, England and attended Manchester Grammar School before graduating from Bath University. Stepping outside of his comfort zone, Shepherd has also written a supernatural detective series, “Jack Nightingale” that is about a former police hostage negotiator and now a private detective.
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As each new novel is published, Leather’s readers spread across the world as his books are receiving increasing international fame. The novels that Leather wrote while he was a journalist are usually centered in the location in which he was working in at the time. Consequently, the chances of a manuscript being read by a person with authority is slim to none; however, Leather’s book fell into the right hands and within four months he was a published author. Furthermore, The Stretch and The Bombmaker have been made into television movies that starred two of the UK’s most popular soap opera stars: Leslie Grantham and Anita Dobson. The political grievances conveyed through characters mirror common-sense worldview of current situations, resonating with all readers.Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. In Leather’s novel Hard Landing his readers are introduced to the protagonist Dan “Spider” Shepherd. His career in the journalism industry exposed Leather to many different countries and international incidents. Essentially, the slush pile is a collection of every manuscript a publishing company has and the copies can be read by anyone from the CEO to a secretary.
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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. PDF] [EPUB] Baltic Black Ops: An Action-Packed Spider Shepherd SAS Novel (Spider Shepherd: SAS Book 5) Download by Stephen Leather.I also recommend milder Police procedurals written by Ridley Pearson, John Lescroart, and Michael Connelly. Stephen Leather has one-upped himself (a tremendous feat) with one of the most ingeniously captivating and timely action thrillers pertaining to the most recent shift of geopolitical climate in the Middle East. Each of Leather’s subsequent Shepherd novels discuss the theme of raising a child as a single father while balancing a demanding work schedule. After recovering Shepherd goes to work as a London police officer before being recruited to an undercover unit.
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Perhaps the only one who might give Shepherd a run for his money would be Matt Standing, a hot-headed gunslinger SAS trooper and a fan-favorite character in Leather’s universe of badass characters.In addition to working as a biochemist, Leather has worked in a quarry, been a baker, a barman and employed as a petrol pump attendant. Sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming , this award recognizes the best adventure novel that embodies the spirit and themes represent by James Bond. After working as a journalist for more than 10 years, Leather chose to step away from his career to pursue fiction writing full time.
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