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Black Ops

The 12th Spider Shepherd Thriller

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 The twelfth heart-pounding thriller in Stephen Leather's bestselling Spider Shepherd series.

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 wanted man.

And things are about to get more complicated: Spider is told that his MI5 controller and close friend Charlotte Button has been running an off-the-books assassination operation, taking vengeance on the men who killed her husband. Spider owes his life to Button - but this discovery will stretch his loyalty to the limit...

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd©2015 Stephen Leather Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Assassin Suspense Heartfelt Marriage

Critic reviews

Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it.
As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping.
A writer at the top of his game.
All stars
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My only problem was with Lex his accent was different this time.! He was a scot before not a londoner. Why?

Great

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Really good, full of action spider is the man, cannot wait for the next one

Great as usual 👍 love the spider shepherd series

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Listen to the previous book and see the massive continuity error they've made on the Lex Harper chara.

Poor continuity

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As usual I really enjoyed this Spider Shepherd book, however I was disappointed that Lex Harper has suddenly lost his Scottish accent completely. Also getting a bit bored with Spider getting on his high horse about others actions but it’s completely justifiable when he does similar things. Glad Charlie called him out on it at the end!

WARNING SPOILERS!

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The plot of this series is very tight despite following mostly in sequence and yet having each book have it's own story.

Spider keep going

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