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    Black Ops: The 12th Spider Shepherd Thriller

    Stephen Leather

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    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...

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    Praise for Black Ops

    • Fans will not be disappointed with Leather's latest book. - Illawarra Mercury

    • Lots of gunfire, tactical talk and imaginative plotting. Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it - Sun

    • As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping - Irish Independent

    • A writer at the top of his game - Sunday Express

    Stephen Leather

    Stephen Leather

    Stephen Leather 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, shovelled 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. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.

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