Black Ops, Stephen Leather
Black Ops, Stephen Leather
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Black Ops
The 12th Spider Shepherd Thriller

Author: Stephen Leather

Narrator: Paul Thornley

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2020

Synopsis

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

About Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, an ebook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is one of the country's most successful ebook authors and his titles have topped the Amazon Kindle charts in the UK and the US. His bestsellers have been translated into fifteen languages and he has also written for television.You can learn more from Stephen's website, www.stephenleather.com, and find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephenleatherofficial/.Stephen also has a website for his Spider Shepherd series, www.danspidershepherd.com, and for his Jack Nightingale series, www.jacknightingale.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mallory on May 30, 2022

A little torn on this one. I picked it up at the library not knowing anything about the author or what the book would entail. The main "pro" is that, at times, it did give a very interesting perspective on the inner workings of the CIA (far different from how Hollywood portrays it, as the author say......more

Goodreads review by Jarrod on July 06, 2022

I can't. This is more of a retelling of world events around the clandestine world mirroring Ric's career. I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of detail with ops and missions throughout the book. The redacted lines throughout the book are disruptive and take away from the story. Be generic and tell th......more

Goodreads review by Nikkidee on August 05, 2023

This was a really insightful read and definitely didn't have any drab parts, everything flowed smoothly at a good pace. The stories were cool, Ric was a great narrator and considering how shadowy the CIA still is it was really exciting seeing all the parts of the book that the CIA censored. It made......more

Goodreads review by Julia on March 18, 2024

Half this book was really good. Articulate, exciting and fast paced. The second half was filled with a bunch of [redacted], including the chapter titles. Dude, we get it. Maybe just don’t include that part or find a different way to summarize events.......more

Goodreads review by Red on March 25, 2022

A really entertaining look at one mans experience in the CIA. Mr Prado is a diehard patriot. He plays out like a James Bond character. The book is exciting and covers his time growing up to the end of the CIA. Full of life and pride, he gives glimpses into the clandestine lifestyle of a shadow warri......more

Quotes

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

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