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.