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Fair Game

The 8th Spider Shepherd Thriller

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Fair Game

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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About this listen

 The eighth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.

Kidnapping is one of the cruellest crimes - lives are put at risk for cold, hard cash. But when Somali pirates seize the crew of a yacht off the coast of Africa, they bite off more than they can chew.

One of the hostages has friends in high places and Spider Shepherd is put on the case. He goes deep undercover in an audacious plan to bring an end to the pirate gang's reign of terror.

But as Shepherd closes in on his quarry he realises that there's much more at stake than the lives of the hostages and that the pirates are involved in a terrorist plot that will strike at the heart of London.

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Stephen Leather Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Thriller Fiction Suspense Pirate Africa

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A master of the thriller genre.
Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it.
A writer at the top of his game.
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Another unputdownable book in the series. start to finish I found myself totally immersed in the story. Easy to visualise events and as per Tom Clancy's books very

simply Brilliant

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possibly the best so far of many excellent reads from Stephen and Paul, best narrator ever despite his dodgy irish accents and worse irish language skills 🤣

super

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This story is about a world where bodies pile up but nobody is bothered as long as Britain's best goody is there to make sure that the citizens are protected. The baddies come in many shades of very bad and are certainly up to no good but not to worry - Spider is on the case. Although I may sound critical, i actually I hugely enjoy these books as they provide the kind of escapism that one needs these days. In fact the only "fault" that I found in the story was the way the last baddy was dispatched of as if the author was in a hurry to tie up all remaining loose ends. Still, I suppose it was needed to make the required link with opening scenes. Waiting eagerly for the next Spider adventure.

Spider's world

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Of all the Spider Shepherd series this is the best one so far. Starts a little slow but stick with it because the intricate stories all come together at the end to keep you guessing. Difficult to put it down - stayed awake half the night twice

Fair Game

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Really enjoying every one of the Spider Shepherd series. Always interesting and a great listen. The reader is absolutely fabulous too!

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