False Friends
The unmissable action thriller from the legendary Sunday Times bestseller

My seventh Stephen Leather book and my second with Spider Shepherd in. Spider has a conscience and a moral compass even whilst double tapping terrorists. In this story he babysits two young Muslim English lads who gave away Bin Ladens location. The book starts with Bin Laden being shot. It ends with......more

Stephen Leather is fairly unusual in this genre, he has allowed his character “Spider” Shepherd to develop and evolve through the series and balanced the action with realistic and satisfying characterisation. The books also reflect a changing society, environment and culture so the books feel up to......more

in this book spider is working as a handler for two Muslim lads that have given information that leads to the death of Bin Laden at the same time they also are being primed for the next big UK terrorist event. he meets up with old friends Sam Hargrove and 'Razor' Sharpe its good read its got a great......more

Throughout this book, I was all set to give this a three-star rating, but the last 20% really brought this up to the level of some of my fave Leather books. Most of the book is very dialogue orientated and lacks serious action and excitement, but the end culminates in spectacular style. We're still......more

I’m struggling a little. When i first started reading Spider Shepherd books and he was an undercover cop in a prison, I was absolutely blown away, loved it. I have enjoyed all the books since and there has always been an element of terrorism but this one has gone further down that route and not what......more