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Cold Kill (Dan Shepherd Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Leather
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 8996
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 528
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.5 x 1
ISBN: 0340834129
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780340834121
ASIN: 0340834129
Publication Date: August 10, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Do you like your thrillers to increase your pulse rate.... but only slightly? And do you like your thrillers to leave you with a feeling that (in the end) everything is right with the world? Then avoid Stephen Leather--and such books of his as Cold Kill. Leather is not a writer who is particularly interested in soothing the reader--but for those of us who like to tackle thrillers that seem to be genuinely engaged with the modern world, he is essential reading. Reflecting the fact that crime is now a global industry, with major criminals hopping easily from continent to continent, this latest outing for Leather's resourceful undercover operative Dan `Spider' Shepherd catapults him into a new role. Asylum seekers have been bringing fake euros into the UK in a scam organised by the Albanian Mafia, while Bangladeshi moneychangers handle the London logistics. At the same time, terrorist organisations are busily recruiting men and women who are able to move easily between Western countries without drawing any attention to themselves. And these new recruits are, of course, being handed lethal assignments that it's up to people like Dan to stop. Going undercover, he makes contact with a major Albanian criminal in France, and discovers that (for the right money) British passports are easily obtainable. Soon, Dan is on the trail of a suspected terrorist, and many lives will be at stake unless he can bring a major international conspiracy to a halt. Stephen Leather has long had the measure of fast moving thrillers such as this, and everything (including the pulse-pounding climax aboard a Eurostar train) is orchestrated with maximum finesse.
--Barry Forshaw
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 Another cracker! November 23, 2007
Clive
The 3rd Spider Shepherd story from Leather and this continues his excellent thriller series. Here we have a Saudi operative leading local cells into terrorist activities whilst at the same time two small time London Asian brothers deal in counterfiet money smuggling, laundering and dealing in fake passports. Spider is undercover as a boat-man to bust this operation until the two plots converge on the EuroStar train. Great action, a good read, and also some morale dilemma's to consider.
 Excellent October 30, 2007
Peter Smith
From the chilly waters of the North Sea to a speeding Eurostar train heading for the Channel Tunnel with a bomb on board, this book grabs the reader and won't let go. The characters are believable, the action scenes excellently written, and the whole thing hangs together really well.
Highly recommended.
Couldn't put it down May 29, 2007
S. Brady (UK)
I loved this book. It's the first Stephen Leather book I've read and will definately read others. My husband, who is not a book reader, also read this and couldn't out it down!!
 ITS COMING, ITS COMING!.......no its not......... February 7, 2007
KidRizz (North-West London)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the back of this book; 'hundreds of innocents on a train underwater on the eurostar* and its up to one person to save them all', sounds good, yea? the book is totally diferent to be honest, its a good read, but all of the suspence is at the last 10 pages, lets just say that its a 300 page build-up, i dont blame people for puttin 5*'s as there rating because it is a good book, the first and the last stephan leather book i buy....
Stephen Leather September 4, 2006
M. J. Joynes
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been reading Stephen Leather for 9 years and year after year wait with baited breath for his next novel to come out. I think he's one of this country's most talented writers and his past experience as a journalist shows through in both his research and his use of language and prose. I've found all of his books fast-paced, easy to read and very, very well written. If I have one criticism I think that some of his plot-lines are maybe weaker than others - The Fireman, for instance - but it was none the less gripping or enthralling. I get the impression that his books have only recently started getting the exposure they deserve in supermarkets,etc and hopefully in the future he will begin to become as much a household name as Jack Higgins. If you want a damned good thriller writer who with Soft Target managed to predict the London bombings roughly a year before they happened, with topical story-lines and relentless pace, suspense, and gritty realism then I would strongly recommend Stephen Leather's novels. I think he truly is a wonderful, wonderful writer and I hope his success continues.
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