Stephen - Libros y biografía

Serial killers never retire. They just go on hiatus. The urge to kill is always there, bubbling below the surface.Billy and Charlie thought their killing days were behind them. They used to be prolific...

He's charming and good looking, he makes you laugh and he has a twinkle in his eyes. He's the sort of guy you'd be happy to spend time with. Until the moment when he asks you if you want to know a secret....

An action-packed short story featuring Dan "Spider" Shepherd during his days in the SAS. In Planning Pack he is in the Arabian desert taking on a group of dangerous terrorists. The short story also appears...

The second volume of six Spider Shepherd short stories in one volume by bestselling author Stephen Leather. The short stories are Personal Protection, The Rope, Planning Pack, Friendly Fire, Dead Drop...

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is sent to investigate a haunted house, but soon discovers that it isn't just a ghost causing mayhem. The Mansion is a fast-paced supernatural story about 10,000...

She put her life on the line for her family. But now it's time to pay the price.All Malee wanted was a better life for herself and her son. And the only way she could make that happen was to sell her...

Sally is a young, talented journalist living life to the full. So why would she leap fifteen floors to her death?When the Hong Kong authorities decide it was suicide, Sally's brother, a London-based crime...

New Orleans. They call it the Big Easy, but there's nothing easy about Jack Nightingale's latest case.Dead usually means dead, but corpses are coming back to life and carrying out targeted killings.The...

An action-packed short story featuring Dan "Spider" Shepherd during his days on the SAS. In Personal Protection he is assigned as a bodyguard to a Middle Eastern ruler whose life is under threat.Personal...

Inspector Zhang is called in to investigate a murder where a doctor is knifed in a locked room. But nothing is as it first appears.The story is about 10,000 words, about thirty pages, perfect if you have...

Inspector Zhang of the SIngapore Police Force is called in to investigate when a consignment of narcotics vanishes from under the eyes of a team of Drugs Squad detectives. It's a locked room mystery that...

Six Spider Shepherd short stories in one volume by bestselling author Stephen Leather. The short stories are Hard Targets, Natural Selection, Narrow Escape, Warning Order, Hostile Territory and Rough...

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate when a man is ripped apart in his home. Is a big cat on the loose - or is it something more sinister?Stephen Leather is one of the UK's...

Inspector Zhang goes to Harrogate to attend a mystery writers convention. But what was supposed to be a vacation turns into one of his most difficult cases when a famous writer is found dead in a locked...

Inspector Zhang of the Singapore Police Force is horrified when a woman falls to her death in front of him one evening. But what seems to be a simple case of suicide soon becomes a much more complicated...

Dave is a frequent visitor to Thailand and has enjoyed all the sexual activities on offer in the Land of Smiles. One night he has sex with a girl called Ay and her friend Bee. That starts on him The Alphabet...

Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate an App that allows a demon from Hell to cause havoc on Earth. Knock Knock is a fast-paced supernatural story about 14,000 words long, featuring his long-suffering...

Inspector Zhang of the Singapore Police Force is called in to what appears to be an open and shut case. A young woman has been killed during a burglary. The fingerprints on the murder weapon point to...

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate a case of murder and mutilation that appears to have been done by children. Mysterious black-eyed children. And the murder is only a...

In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. All three had succeeded in getting into the police in spite of weaknesses....

Stephen Crane's 'The Monster and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories that explore the darker side of human nature through vivid and often brutal narratives. Crane's writing style is marked...

London is a city of markets: markets in meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, money, insurance, shipping and, occasionally, in stolen goods. As both a major port and the nation's capital, it was almost inevitable...

When soldiers go to war, what do their families and friends experience? There is huge public support for the military, who risk their lives in faraway war zones, but do we really have any idea what their...

Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in...

'I am up for it. All the time. That's not a boast. Or an opinion. It is bone-hard medical fact.' John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Charismatic poet, playwright and rake with a legendary appetite for excess....

Beginning with the D-day landings, this is a brutally frank appraisal of the planned use and actual results of the deployment of armour by both German and Allied commanders in the major tank battles of...

Dark haired, slight, with deep-set haunted eyes, Herschel Grynszpan is an undocumented Jewish alien living in Paris. He receives a postcard from his parents – recently bundled from their Hanover flat,...

'I am fascinated.' Andrew Marr, Start the Week, Radio 4 'Wonderful' The Times 'Intelligent.' Independent 'Current.' Sunday Telegraph Wittgenstein said that if people never did silly things, nothing intelligent...

Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's classic, today's masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens,...

A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brecht's history and practice of theatre.The Complete Brecht Toolkit examines, one by one, Brecht's many, sometimes contradictory...