When youre caught between two evils, only the most decisive will survive. Stephen 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. Buy the basement by stephen leather online at alibris. Check out our cookbooks, religious books, and business books. Stephen leather hardback white, cost 0 never been out of box. Stephen leather is a british author of thriller and mystery novels. Fusing shifting viewpoints with a growing sense of dread and almost unbearable suspense, the uks thriller master stephen leather arrives on the shores of the united states with the basement, his most terrifying work to date. Stephen leather ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. It has a touch of stephen king about it, and simply emphasises the fact that stephen leather is an exceptional talent. Soft target is the second book in the dan spider shepherd series. Before becoming a novelist he 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.
My hope was that readers would read my book on kindle, say, i really enjoyed that, then when my new thriller came out with. Like william goldmans no way to treat a lady 1964, this. For nypd detectives turner and marcinko, none are harder to figure out than the serial killer on the loose torturing and. Booktopia bookshop search results for stephen leather. At the beginning i feel like there a lot going on and i cant help to say some of the idea marvin had for his writing was good and too good made me lost and thought where will this go while also at the same time back and forth reading the mind of the killer gives me chill but at 60% reading, everything seem to slowly come together, ambitious. The only predictable point in the book is the bit where some of the spoiler alert. Stephen leather has established a parallel ebook career that has rocketed him to the top of the kindle bestseller lists. To continue reading, get the full word biography in stephen leather books in order. It takes place over twentyfour hours in london, mainly in wimbledon, putney, fullham and ealing, places i am very familiar with. Stephen leather thriller author, novelist, and entrepreneur. Read takedown by stephen leather available from rakuten kobo.
The pace never slackens in the runner and is stephen leather in top writing form. Dont wipe them down or introduce any sort of dampness, said richard. Stephen leather has established a parallel ebook career that has rocketed him. The 8th, 9th and 10th thrillers in stephen leather s bestselling spider shepherd series, available in one allaction collection, including fair game, false friends and true colours.
The basement by stephen leather book cover, description, publication history. Bookseller magazine has named him as one of the top 100 most. If you wish to read the series in chronological order, you might want to read the prequel novellas first. Its already in the top 100 on kindle and is in all good bookshops and supermarkets. The basement was a bestseller a true bestseller, it topped the kindle charts in the us and the uk and is still one of kindles top selling books of all time. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ici, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for. Hes a fun character and the fact that he doesnt have spider shepherds strong moral code means he can get involved in situations that spider would have to avoid. The basement by stephen leather new york always brings out the serial killer in me.
He is one of the top selling kindle authors and was the second bestselling uk author worldwide on kindle in 2011. Buy the basement book online at low prices in india the. Collectible and durable, these volumes should be the cornerstones of every home library. Stephen leather did real life research on the book, visiting prisons and speaking with inmates to gain real life insights and valuable hands on experience and says he enjoyed doing the research and talking with people currently serving time. Kindle gives thriller writer a plot for success at 71p. This book is fast paced with great characyers and a wonderfol storyline. The bestselling author is alleged to have set up fake websites to smear novelists steve. In fact, right now, somewhere in the city, a woman is being held captive in a basement and it is up to the detectives to find her and the killerbefore its too late. The basement by stephen leather 2012, cd, unabridged for. How to store your book collection the right way the. He is best known for his spider shepherd and jack nightingale series. A heartpounding new standalone thriller from sunday times bestselling author stephen leather. With a background in journalism, leather has the knowledge. Born in 1956, stephen leather is one of the most popular and renowned british thriller authors.
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Stephen leather also turns up the pressure in this book, with not just one, but three threats against lex, so that you never know what is going to happen. I didnt think id heard of stephen leather, but having a look over his apparently extensive collection of books, i have definitely read the. Meanwhile, two detectives are hellbent on finding a serial killer and marvin is their number one suspect. Stephen leather never writes a book that is less than brilliant. Fair game when somali pirates seize the crew of a yacht off the coast of africa, they bite off more than they can chew.
The basement it is about a struggling writer called marvin waller who is trying desperately to get his screenplays recognised in the film industry. Stephen leather books list of books by author stephen. I thoroughly enjoy his dan spider shepherd book series. Storing books long term in a less than ideal environment. Hard landing was the first in the stephen leather s series of thrillers starring dan spider shepherd, an exsas trooper now assigned to an elite metropolitan police unit tabbed for deep undercover operations when the usual enforcement methods cant nab the bad guys. The basement by stephen leather goodreads share book. In fact, leather was the first uk kindle sensation, having selfpublished three thrillers. With a population of almost nineteen million people, i. Below is a list of stephen leathers spider shepherd books in order of when they were originally published. His ebooks have topped the amazon charts in the uk and the us and amazon has named him as one of the top 10 selfpublishers of all time. Buy the basement book online at best prices in india on. Stephen leather is a bestselling british thrill writer who has published over thirty books. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Early in 2011, leathers books the basement, hard landing, and the vampire novella once bitten occupied the top three places in the uk kindle bestseller list.
Would you ever listen to anything by stephen leather again. The basement is a standalone novel or novella that is entertaining but creepy. Takedown ebook by stephen leather 9781473605541 rakuten kobo. Stephen leather is one of the uks most successful thriller writers, author of the sunday times bestselling dan spider shepherd series, and the jack nightingale supernatural detective books. There are two new characters in the book that im really pleased with. The basement a true bestseller stephen leathers blog. The hero is a girl, sally page, and in my mind she is black but because. May 08, 2012 stephen leather is one of a growing band of authors that have risen to prominence thanks to the e book. Currently, he is rated among the best sellers on amazon kindle and the second bestselling uk author. Oct 22, 2010 ive just finished stephen leather s the basement. Kindle gives thriller writer a plot for success the guardian. Download read the basement 2000 by stephen leather in.
Currently stephen leather has written over 50 books as part of his main series and his standalone novels, all which have sold millions of copies all over the world. A serial killer is on the loose torturing and killing young women. Short fuses four short stories, an ebook by stephen leather. The chinaman is a thriller novel written by stephen leather, first published in 1992. Stephen leather has 150 books on goodreads with 116332 ratings. There is a lot of sadistic violence toward a female victim in it, so i dont think many women will like it. Stephen leather is one of the uks 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. He has written for television shows such as londons burning, the knock, and the bbcs murder in mind series. This was the first book to feature lex harper as the hero.
The basement by stephen leather, 9781531881467, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Wishing not to spoil, i will say of the basement only that i was annoyed with myself that the style in which alternate chapters are written didnt, for me, give the game away. Stephen leather books for sale in uk view 19 bargains. For nypd detectives turner and marcinko, none are harder to figure out than the serial killer on the loose torturing and killing young women.
I have been reading stephen leather books for many years now and have read almost everything he has written. Download audiobooks by stephen leather at and save. This is a homebased business that we headed up in 2004. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is not a complicated story, and stephen leather sensibly doesnt make the book one jot longer than it needs to be. Stephen leather is a british thriller author who is the brains behind bbcs, murder in mind series, the knock and londons burning. Youve got something like fifteen million people living cheek by jowl, and most of them couldnt give a damn about anyone else. It was so successful that amazon pretty much insisted on taking it off me and publishing it themselves. Buy a cheap copy of the basement book by stephen leather. Stephen leather was born in manchester, and grew up in sale, he attended manchester grammar school.
The items we may sell online for these products are books, paperback, hardback, audio cds or cassettes, large print, mp3 and whatever format is available for us to sell online. False friends and true heroes false friends is out, and selling well. With a background in journalism, leather has the knowledge, expertise and experience to write on subjects of international intrigue such as. We sell a variety of books appealing to a variety of tastes. Buy this book a series of vicious bombings in london propels. Amazon recently announced that a book of mine the basement was one of the top 10 alltime independently published ebooks of all time. Explore books by stephen leather with our selection at. The main one, im not sure of his name, he just annoyed me.
The first stephen leather book that i read and still my favourite to date, stephen leather knows how to write books stories well they easily convert to tv dramas. Jan 12, 2016 stephen leather accused of cyberbullying by fellow thriller writers this article is more than 4 years old. Read dark forces the th spider shepherd thriller by stephen leather available from rakuten kobo. His latest book, plausible deniability, is the start of a new series titled explosive lex harper. It is leather s fourth novel and was adapted into a film, starring jackie chan, titled the foreigner, released in 2017 the plot concerns a vietnamese london restaurateur and former skilled vietnam war veteran who travels to ireland to hunt the people responsible for a bombing that killed his family. The basement by stephen leather, 9781455865307, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Chances are we may have a rare find that youre looking for. He isnt married to one genre, however, and has even written a series of erotic novellas. Aug 06, 2010 storing books long term in a less than ideal environment book care and repair.