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Fast Track

The 18th Spider Shepherd Thriller

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By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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The new edge-of-your-seat novel in the thrilling Spider Shepherd series

Who can you trust if you can't trust the people tasked with protecting the nation?

Murderous jihadists have been crossing the English Channel, passing themselves off as asylum seekers. MI5 have been keeping them under surveillance, but what starts as a simple terrorist takedown goes badly wrong and dozens of innocent civilians are killed in the heart of London.

And the screw is tightened when a bomb takes out senior members of the Secret Intelligence Service.

Someone within the security services has been working to their own agenda, and only Dan 'Spider' Shepherd can identify the bad apple. His search for the rogue agent takes him to Turkey and then to Dubai, where his masters order him to carry out a breathtaking act of revenge.

(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Stephen Leather Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Exciting Surveillance
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Critic reviews

Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself
The fast-paced action scenes are expertly choreographed; the description of settings - from the luxurious bars where Ankara's gangsters gather, to Dubai's glittering skyscrapers - is brisk and richly detailed. Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storyline he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain - without preaching
All stars
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Absolutely loved it.
Finally spider gets to play a real SAS role.
Definitely recommend this title.
*****

Bloody brilliant

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Another brilliant read from the master himself. Stephen Leather once again excels in this the 18th Spider Shepherd book. Fast paced and edge of the seat stuff from start to finish. Having read all the Spider books it's hard to choose a favourite but this one would be in my top 3 definitely. Great to see Charlotte Button and Lex Harper still around to assist too. Another master Mr Paul Thornley is once again brilliant in his narration of the book, if anything deserves 10 stars this is a case in point in my opinion. Highly recommended read.☺

A superb listen

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Really good book, exciting, moved at a good pace, great storyline, a little different. I recommend

Worth the credit, definitely!

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I had missed Spifer in previous books. He is back. I liked the story, I thought Psul Thirnley narrated as well as ever.

Spider at his best

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As per usual, a great read. Really enjoy the Spider Shepherd stories. Keep up the great work Stephen Leather

Excellent

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