Another cracker!
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The 3rd Spider Shepherd story from Leather and this continues his excellent thriller series. Here we have a Saudi operative leading local cells into terrorist activities whilst at the same time two small time London Asian brothers deal in counterfiet money smuggling, laundering and dealing in fake passports. Spider is undercover as a boat-man to bust this operation until the two plots converge on the EuroStar train. Great action, a good read, and also some morale dilemma's to consider.
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Excellent
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From the chilly waters of the North Sea to a speeding Eurostar train heading for the Channel Tunnel with a bomb on board, this book grabs the reader and won't let go. The characters are believable, the action scenes excellently written, and the whole thing hangs together really well.
Highly recommended.
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Couldn't put it down
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I loved this book. It's the first Stephen Leather book I've read and will definately read others. My husband, who is not a book reader, also read this and couldn't out it down!!
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ITS COMING, ITS COMING!.......no its not.........
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I read the back of this book; 'hundreds of innocents on a train underwater on the eurostar* and its up to one person to save them all', sounds good, yea? the book is totally diferent to be honest, its a good read, but all of the suspence is at the last 10 pages, lets just say that its a 300 page build-up, i dont blame people for puttin 5*'s as there rating because it is a good book, the first and the last stephan leather book i buy....
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Stephen Leather
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I've been reading Stephen Leather for 9 years and year after year wait with baited breath for his next novel to come out. I think he's one of this country's most talented writers and his past experience as a journalist shows through in both his research and his use of language and prose. I've found all of his books fast-paced, easy to read and very, very well written. If I have one criticism I think that some of his plot-lines are maybe weaker than others - The Fireman, for instance - but it was none the less gripping or enthralling. I get the impression that his books have only recently started getting the exposure they deserve in supermarkets,etc and hopefully in the future he will begin to become as much a household name as Jack Higgins. If you want a damned good thriller writer who with Soft Target managed to predict the London bombings roughly a year before they happened, with topical story-lines and relentless pace, suspense, and gritty realism then I would strongly recommend Stephen Leather's novels. I think he truly is a wonderful, wonderful writer and I hope his success continues.
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