Book description
The second book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.
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
is given his most dangerous mission so far.
Shepherd is ordered to infiltrate the tight-knit team, to gain their
confidence and to ultimately betray them.
Facing men with guns is nothing new for the former SAS trooper, but it's
the first time he's had to investigate his own. And the job couldn't
have come at a worse time for him.
As Shepherd finds himself in the firing line, he has to decide exactly
where his loyalties lie. Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most
successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he 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. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI,
shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump
attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing
full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than
ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as
London's Burning, The Knock
and the BBC's Murder in Mind
series and two of his books, The Stretch
and The Bombmaker
, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.
stephenleather. com.
