Clean Kill

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‘Enthralling’ Financial Times *** ‘Explosive’ The Sun *** ‘Grabs the reader by the throat’ Daily Mail

Terrorists have shot down a British helicopter in West Africa and taken the crew hostage. Their lives are on the line and the British government is refusing to negotiate. The pilot is Liam Shepherd, and only his father – Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd of MI5 – can help.

Shepherd and an SAS team fly out to the badlands of Mali to rescue the kidnapped Brits.

But the mission takes Shepherd away from an investigation in a high security prison that is about to explode into violence. Hundreds of lives are at risk, and Shepherd is running out of time…

‘Exciting action thrillers. It’s like being there yourself’ Chris Ryan
‘Breath-taking pace’ Shots

Stephen Leather is one of the UK’s most successful thriller writers, an ebook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China MorningPost in Hong Kong. He is one of the country’s most successful ebook authors and his titles have topped the Amazon Kindle charts in the UK and the US. His bestsellers have been translated into fifteen languages and he has also written for television.

You can learn more from Stephen’s website, www.stephenleather.com, and find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephenleatherofficial/.

Stephen also has a website for his Spider Shepherd series, www.danspidershepherd.com, and for his Jack Nightingale series, www.jacknightingale.com.

Praise for Stephen LeatherPraise for Stephen LeatherStephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It’s like being there yourselfStephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It’s like being there yourselfThe fast-paced action scenes are expertly choreographed; the description of settings – from the luxurious bars where Ankara’s gangsters gather, to Dubai’s glittering skyscrapers – is brisk and richly detailed. Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storyline he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain – without preaching.—Financial TimesThe fast-paced action scenes are expertly choreographed; the description of settings – from the luxurious bars where Ankara’s gangsters gather, to Dubai’s glittering skyscrapers – is brisk and richly detailed. Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storyline he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain – without preaching.—Financial Times

Additional information

Series	The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Imprint	Hodder
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09781529367454
ISBN-10	152936745X
Author	Stephen Leather
Audience	General / adult
BISAC	FIC031010, FIC006000
Subjects	FIC031010, FIC006000