False Friends
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'All too real, and simply unputdownable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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'My three favourite authors: Stephen Leather, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Five stars are simply not enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The most wanted man in the world is dead...

When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside.

After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves.

Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?

...now those loyal to him seek revenge.

From legendary, bestselling author Stephen Leather, a truly gripping thriller with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics.

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False Friends
✨ PRE-ORDER LAST CHANCE, THE NEW SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLER, OUT 31 JULY 2025 ✨

READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SPIDER SHEPHERD SERIES



'A terrific tale of terrorism' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Stephen Leather always delivers the goods' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'All too real, and simply unputdownable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Spider is the new James Bond!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'My three favourite authors: Stephen Leather, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Five stars are simply not enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The most wanted man in the world is dead...

When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside.

After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves.

Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?

...now those loyal to him seek revenge.

From legendary, bestselling author Stephen Leather, a truly gripping thriller with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics.

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False Friends

by Stephen Leather
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False Friends

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✨ PRE-ORDER LAST CHANCE, THE NEW SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLER, OUT 31 JULY 2025 ✨

READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SPIDER SHEPHERD SERIES



'A terrific tale of terrorism' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Stephen Leather always delivers the goods' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'All too real, and simply unputdownable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Spider is the new James Bond!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'My three favourite authors: Stephen Leather, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Five stars are simply not enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The most wanted man in the world is dead...

When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside.

After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves.

Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late?

...now those loyal to him seek revenge.

From legendary, bestselling author Stephen Leather, a truly gripping thriller with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780340925010
Publisher: Hodder
Publication date: 06/18/2013
Series: A Dan Shepherd Mystery Series
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

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 MorningPost 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, find him on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/stephenleather.

Stephen also has a website for his Spider Shepherd series, www.danspidershepherd.com, and for his Jack Nightingale series, www.jacknightingale.com.

What People are Saying About This

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"The story builds to a boil . . . It’s a grand finale that’ll have readers on edge. Nicely, and seemingly effortlessly, done."  —Kirkus Reviews on Cold Kill

"Leather has a gift for making pages fly by as bodies pile up, tension builds, and clues drop; effective, economical characterizations . . . captivate readers without hampering the rapid-fire narrative."  —Publishers Weekly on The Tunnel Rats

"The story moves along at a decent pace; the plot line is engaging; and the characters are well drawn." — Blogcritics.org

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