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Stephen Leather

(b.1956)

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. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series.

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery, , Science Fiction

New Books

January 2023

Still Standing
(Matt Standing, book 3)

May 2023

Triggers

Stephen Leather's books for adults only

Series

Mike Cramer
   1. The Chinaman (1992)
   2. The Long Shot (1994)
   3. The Double Tap (1996)

Spider Shepherd
   1. Hard Landing (2004)
   2. Soft Target (2005)
   3. Cold Kill (2006)
   4. Hot Blood (2007)
   5. Dead Men (2008)
   6. Live Fire (2009)
   7. Rough Justice (2010)
   8. Fair Game (2011)
   9. False Friends (2012)
   10. True Colours (2013)
   11. White Lies (2014)
   12. Black Ops (2015)
   13. Dark Forces (2016)
   14. Light Touch (2017)
   15. Tall Order (2018)
   16. Short Range (2019)
   17. Slow Burn (2020)
   18. Fast Track (2021)
   19. Dirty War (2022)
   20. Clean Kill (2023)

Jack Nightingale
   1. Nightfall (2010)
   2. Midnight (2011)
   3. Nightmare (2012)
   4. Nightshade (2013)
   5. Lastnight (2014)
   6. San Francisco Night (2014)
   7. New York Night (2015)
   8. Tennessee Night (2018)
   9. New Orleans Night (2021)
   10. Las Vegas Night (2022)
   11. Rio Grande Night (2022)
   Devilzone - A Jack Nightingale Screenplay (2017)
   The Whisper Man (2021)
   Witch Hunt (2021)

Inspector Zhang
   Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish (2011)
   Inspector Zhang And The Dead Thai Gangster (2011)
   Inspector Zhang and the Disappearing Drugs (2011)
   Inspector Zhang And The Falling Woman (2011)
   Inspector Zhang And The Perfect Alibi (2012)
   Inspector Zhang Goes To Harrogate (2012)
   Inspector Zhang and the Island of the Dead (2013)

Jack Nightingale Short Stories
   Cursed (2011)
   Still Bleeding (2012)
   Blood Bath (2014)
   My Name Is Lydia (2014)
   Tracks (2014)
   I Know Who Did It (2015)
   Children Of The Dark (2016)
   The Creeper (2017)
   The Asylum (2017)
   The Doll (2017)
   Nightingale (2017)
   The Undead (2017)
   The Mansion (2017)
   The Cards (2017)
   Wrong Turn (2017)
   Possession (2017)
   Claws (2018)
   The House On Gable Street (2018)
   Knock Knock (2018)
   Nightingale 2 (2018)
   Watery Grave (2018)

Spider Shepherd Short Stories
   Dead Drop (2012)
   Friendly Fire (2012)
   Kill Zone (2013)
   Spider Shepherd Short Stories (2013)
   Spider's Web (2013)
   Hostile Territory (2013)
   Rough Diamonds (2013)
   Natural Selection (2013)
   Warning Order (2013)
   Narrow Escape (2014)
   Personal Protection (2014)
   Remote Control (2014)
   Spider Shepherd SAS: Volume 2 (2014)
   Spider Shepherd SAS: Volume 1 (2014)
   Hard Targets (2015)
   Planning Pack (2015)
   The Rope (2015)

Spider Shepherd: SAS
   1. The Sandpit (2016)
   2. Moving Targets (2018)
   3. Drop Zone (2020)
   4. Russian Roulette (2021)

Lex Harper
   1. Takedown (2016)
   1.5. Plausible Deniability (2019)
   2. Breakout (2020)

Richard Yokely
Rogue Warrior (2019)
The Chase (2022)

Matt Standing
   1. Last Man Standing (2019)
   2. Standing Alone (2022)
   3. Still Standing (2023)

Novels

   Pay Off (1987)
   The Fireman (1989)
   Hungry Ghost (1991)
   The Vets (1993)
   The Birthday Girl (1996)
   The Solitary Man (1997)
   The Tunnel Rats (1997)
   The Bombmaker (1999)
   The Stretch (2000)
   Tango One (2002)
   The Eyewitness (2003)
   Dreamer's Cat (2010)
   Bangkok Bob and the Missing Mormon (2010)
   Once Bitten (2010)
   The Basement (2011)
   Take Two (2013)
   First Response (2016)
   Penalties (2016)
   The Shout (2018)
   The Bag Carrier (2019)
   The Runner (2020)
   The Hunting (2021)
   Desperate Measures (2021)
   Killing Time (2021)
   Triggers (2023)

Omnibus

   Chinamen / Tunnel Rats (2000)
   Chinaman / Hungry Ghost (2004)
   Tunnel Rats / Pay Off (2006)
   The First Novels (2013)

Collections

Short Fuses (2012)
More Short Fuses (2014)

Novellas

The Bestseller (2011)

Series contributed to

Death Toll
1. Death Toll (2013) (with J H Bogrn, Stephen Edger, Howard Manson, Liam Saville and Alex Shaw)
2. Death Toll 2 (2013) (with Stephen Edger, Milton Gray, Matt Hilton, Scott H Lewis, Liam Saville, Alex Shaw and Harlan Wolff)

Stephen Leather recommends

Skytrain to Murder (2003)
Dean Barrett
"Beautiful writing, raw dialogue, real characters!"

Death in the Kingdom (2007)
(Daniel Swann, book 1)
Andrew Grant
"A razor-sharp thriller that cuts from Bangkok to the Golden Triangle."

Burn (2009)
(Jake and Jouma, book 2)
Nick Brownlee
"Crime has a thrilling new voice."

Life... with No Breaks (2010)
(Love and Life)
Nick Spalding
"You have to admire any writer who can produce a book as hilarious as this in just over a day. Bastard!"

Outpost (2011)
(Outpost, book 1)
Adam Baker
"It had me on the edge of my seat from page one."

Exit Stage Left (2011)
(Kempston Hardwick Mysteries, book 1)
Adam Croft
"Adam Croft is one of the best new writers in britain."

Proceeds of Crime (2013)
(Jenny Parker, book 2)
D J Harrison
"A compelling second outing for Jenny Parker."

Cold East (2015)
(Aidan Snow SAS, book 3)
Alex Shaw
"Meet Aidan Snow, an ice-cold operative in a red-hot adventure."

East of Hounslow (2017)
(Jay Qasim, book 1)
Khurrum Rahman
"The best thriller I’ve read in ages."

Once A Pilgrim (2018)
(John Carr Thriller, book 1)
James Deegan
"Move over Andy McNab and Chris Ryan."

The Outer Circle (2018)
(Jan Mason Story, book 1)
Ian Ridley
"An outstanding debut novel-storytelling at its finest."

From the Shadows (2019)
(Alex King, book 8)
A P Bateman
"Alex King is unstoppable, a force to be reckoned with."

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