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Slow Burn

The 17th Spider Shepherd Thriller

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Slow Burn

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

 The fight against terrorism never ends, and Dan "Spider" Shepherd is in the front line of Britain's defence against the extremists.

When an ISIS bombmaker arrives at Heathrow Airport asking for asylum in exchange for revealing details of his paymasters, Shepherd is given the case. The bombmaker specialises in drone strikes, and homegrown jihadists that he has trained are already back in the UK, planning their attacks. But before he'll agree to talk, the terrorist insists that his wife and son are rescued from a refugee camp in Turkey. Shepherd is tasked with bringing the family back to London, but he soon discovers that dark forces are out to stop him. And if he fails, hundreds will die.

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd©2020 Stephen Leather Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction England Refugee

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Critic reviews

Packed with intricate detail on the intelligence services and written with Leather's familiar gusto, it hurtles off the page, grabbing the reader by the throat
This cracking Spider Shepherd thriller zips along like a sniper's bullet
Unputdownable!
All stars
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Just brilliant! This is Leather at his best! Not to be missed and a compelling storyM

Brilliant!

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I love Dan Spider Shepherd books and this audio version didn't disappoint. Go read it!

Great read

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loved it as always. I worry that you will ran out of placed to go with this series but I shouldn't have worried . As usual am amazing book that I couldn't put down and loved from page 1 to finish . well done and keep up the great work please

He has done it again

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Narrator's Mike is too sensitive and picks up disconcerting throat and belly sounds. Story OK but weak compared to others in the series.

OK but not up to usual Leather story level.

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So irritating to keep hearing the narrator swallow after each sentence. Really hope the next books are not like this

The sound of swallowing!!

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