Tall Order
Paperback | English
By (author): Stephen Leather
Revenge is a dish best served cold. But patience can be a tall order.
He is one of the world''s most ruthless terrorists, codenamed Saladin. He plans and executes devastating attacks and then, ghost-like, he disappears.
Ten years ago he blew a plane out of the sky above New York - and now he''s struck again, killing dozens in a London strike.
But one of the latest victims is related to the acting head of MI5, who knows exactly who she wants on the case: Spider Shepherd.
Dean Martin, a psychologically damaged former Navy SEAL, is the only person in the world who can identify Saladin. But Martin was killed ten years ago - wasn''t he?
Shepherd must find Martin and take him back to the killing fields on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Revenge on the world''s most wanted terrorist is long overdue, and Shepherd is determined to be the one to deliver it . . .
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Praise for Stephen Leather
''A master of the thriller genre''
Irish Times
''As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping''
Irish Independent
''The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist''
Sunday Express