Stephen Leather

Spider Shepherd is back, and this time he's taking no prisoners... Professional killers are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, targeting the wealthiest and most privileged. After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decides that enough is enough: they are going to have to hit back at the hitmen for hire. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd,...

In what could be his highest-profile mission ever, Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is called in to prevent the assassination of a head of state on British soil. As an MI5 agent, Spider is used to going undercover, but when he's asked to assume the identity of the contract killer hired to take out President Vladimir Putin, he knows he'll become a...

Dan Spider Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. It goes with the turf when you're an undercover cop. Now working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Shepherd is pitting his wits against the toughest criminals in the country. But when the man who once saved his life is kidnapped in the badlands of Iraq, thrown into...

'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...

Hard Landing by Stephen Leather follows Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, a man accustomed to risking his life. Working for an elite undercover squad, Shepherd has lied, cheated, and conned to bring Britain's most wanted criminals to justice. Now, faced with a powerful drugs baron who begins eliminating witnesses to his crimes, Shepherd is assigned his most perilous mission yet. He must...

The eighth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Kidnapping is one of the cruellest crimes - lives are put at risk for cold, hard cash. But when Somali pirates seize the crew of a yacht off the coast of Africa, they bite off more than they can chew. One of the hostages has friends in high places, and...

Buckle up for Underdogs, an adrenaline-fueled action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. Underestimate this underdog at your peril . . . Once a fearless SAS hero, Andy 'Deadman' Bird now battles the harsh streets of London after a catastrophic mission stripped him of his hearing, career, home, and marriage. His only solace is Tyson,...

Working undercover is all about trust - getting the target to trust you and then betraying them in order to bring them to justice. But what do you do when you believe an undercover cop has crossed the line and aligned herself with the international drugs smuggler she was supposed to be targeting? When Lisa Wilson stops passing on intelligence...

The explosive new thriller in the Spider Shepherd series Dan Spider Shepherd's career path—soldier, cop, 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...

When you're caught between two evils, only the most decisive will survive. The thirteenth book in action supremo Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd series is his most pulse-pounding yet... A violent South London gang will be destroyed if Dan 'Spider' Shepherd can gather enough evidence against them while posing as a ruthless hitman. What he doesn't know is that his work...

The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as their plaything, travelling without borders and living lives of unimaginable luxury without fear or restraint. But when an assassin starts killing off some of the world's richest men, an oligarch with friends in high places seeks the protection of MI5. And Spider Shepherd is placed in the...

Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' CHRIS RYAN, AUTHOR OF Zero 22 The 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' FINANCIAL TIMES Who can you trust if you can't trust the people...

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 killed dozens in a London strike. But one of the latest victims is related to the acting head of MI5,...

Set your sights on a bestseller with this hard-hitting action thriller featuring undercover policeman Dan Shepherd. 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...

The seventh book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Villains across London are being beaten, crippled, and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end. Shepherd has always known that there are grey areas in the fight against crime, and...

Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line—for his friends and for his job with MI5. So when one of his former apprentices is kidnapped in the badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue mission. But when the plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists. His SAS...

Even deadlier than terrorists... are the men trying to stop them. People-smuggling, counterfeit currency, and attempted murder. It's all in a day's work for undercover cop Dan 'Spider' Shepherd. But what starts as a run-of-the-mill investigation quickly turns into a matter of life and death when he uncovers a terrorist cell on a mission of death and destruction. The target:...

Friendships forged in the heat of combat can be stronger than anything. So when SAS trooper Matt Standing is told that the former Navy SEAL who saved his life is in trouble, he doesn't hesitate to go to his aid - even if that means flying halfway around the world to Los Angeles. Navy SEAL-turned-bodyguard Bobby-Ray Barnes has been accused...

Thought-provoking, high-octane chase thriller with style - Financial Times Leather once again delivers high-octane thrill-a-minute action that reads like a pitch for a Netflix series - Irish Independent The explosive new stand-alone thriller from the author of the Spider Shepherd series. Sally Page is an MI5 'footie', a junior Secret Service Agent who maintains 'legends': fake identities or footprints used...