{"product_id":"short-range-9781473671959","title":"Short Range","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe explosive new thriller in the Spider Shepherd series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan ''Spider'' Shepherd''s career path - soldier, cop, MI5 officer -  has always put a strain on his family.  So he is far from happy to learn that MI5 is using teenagers as informants. Parents are being kept in the dark and Shepherd fears that the children are being exploited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an undercover specialist, Shepherd is tasked with protecting a 15-year-old schoolboy who is being used to gather evidence against violent drug dealers and a right-wing terrorist group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when the boy''s life is threatened, Shepherd has no choice but to step in and take the heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd while Shepherd''s problems mount up on the job front, he has even greater problems closer to home.  His son Liam has fallen foul of the Serbian Mafia and if Shepherd doesn''t intervene, Liam will die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e******************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Stephen Leather\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A master of the thriller genr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the authenticity of this plot that grasps the imagination and never lets it go * Daily Mail on FIRST RESPONSE *\u003cbr\u003eAs tough as British thriller writers get * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThe sheer impetus of his storytelling is damned hard to resist * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eThis is one of my favourite thriller series and one that should be more widely recognised for its excellence . . . Leather's fluid prose makes the pages fly by * Deadly Pleasures *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851810259287,"sku":"9781473671959","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473671959.jpg?v=1710645466","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/short-range-9781473671959","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}