Book description
Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in
war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter, the perfect
all-American girl, and the past is another country. Or so it seems.
But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that
Freeman's company is subject to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to
help. Whatever the risks.
The consequences of her actions are lethal, for Mersiha has unearthed a
conspiracy of terrifying proportions . . . 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.
