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Hard Landing (Dan Sheperd Mysteries) The Dan Shepherd series are rivetting and hard to put down. 'Spider' is an interesting and complex character but reassuringly tough - a bit like a UK version of Jack Reacher from the Lee Child books, but not such a loner. I have enjoyed everyone of the Dan Shepherd books and strongly recommend them - the fact that I have bought them all is testament to Stephen Leather being a great author
Spider Does Porridge I have just read Hard Landing for the 2nd time with a gap of about 3 years. I have a talent for developing amnesia when it comes to reading and therefore I could really only remember the basic plotline. I was once again captivated by the tension the author creates in this thriller and found myself holding my breath as the action hotted up. I think the introduction of Spider's family and his interaction with his son humanises a character I have previously described as "superhuman" (my review of Dead... more info
Great intro to Spider This is the first of Leathers books to feature Dan Shepherd, and it is a cracker! Carpenter is a drug dealer on remand in a high security prison but managing to kill off witneses so his case won't go to trial. Carpenter has a huge span of control both in and out of the nick. Enter Spider, undercover to make sure Carpenter gets convicted. This is a great and tense game of chess with Carpenter having a strong network and Spider always under the risk of being found as a cop in jail. Great story, but could have... more info
Standard Prison story with a cracking end Leather has written some amazing books and this for anyone else would be a good book but not quite as amazing as his early ones. The story starts off with Dan Shepherd being arrested and put in prison to get information on a really nasty drug runner who has killed off most of anyone who can finger him. The scenes are pretty graphic and the action as far as it can get in a prison is pretty hard and fast. The ending makes a huge extra point to the book. Not bad.
