Stephen Leather Books in Order

A successful Scottish businessman risks his career and family to avenge a murder. Entering a world of dealers, hired killers, and a powerful gang boss, he plans retaliation without realizing that a flaw in his scheme may destroy him.

A once-successful foreign correspondent travels to Hong Kong after his sister falls to her death under unexplained circumstances. Hunting the truth brings him into conflict with Chinese mercenaries, while personal grief pushes his search for answers toward revenge.

Former SAS operative Geoff Howells is hired to kill a guarded Hong Kong crime boss, then becomes a target himself. Policeman Patrick Dugan’s family connection to the gangster draws him into kidnappings, disappearances, and an international intelligence operation spiraling out of control.

Vietnamese war veteran Nguyen Ngoc Minh believes he has escaped his violent past by running a London takeaway. When an IRA bombing kills his family and officials dismiss his demands for answers, he turns his wartime skills against the killers.

Four Vietnam veterans join a tour hoping to confront the past or escape their current problems. Colonel Joel Tyler recruits them for a daring Hong Kong robbery, but their revived military skills cannot shield them from betrayal and unresolved wartime memories.

FBI agent Cole Howard races to stop an assassination without knowing its target or location. Former SAS sergeant Mike Cramer’s pursuit of a terrorist draws him into the same conspiracy, forcing the two men to cooperate before the snipers strike.

Adopted from war-torn Yugoslavia, Mersiha fiercely protects the American family that rescued her. Intervening in a threat to her father’s struggling arms company exposes a conspiracy, and the combat skills she hoped to leave behind become essential to surviving its retaliation.

Former SAS operative Mike Cramer is used as bait for an elusive assassin who kills with two precise shots. Preparing for the operation becomes more dangerous when a former IRA extremist pursues him for revenge, creating threats from two directions.

Wrongfully imprisoned Chris Hutchison escapes to Hong Kong, only to be forced into helping a terrorist flee a Bangkok prison. Used by drug enforcement agents and pursued by a journalist, he seeks freedom amid the dangerous rivalries of the Golden Triangle.

Detective Nick Wright investigates mutilated bodies found in London and Bangkok, each marked with an ace of spades. The search leads to Vietnam’s wartime tunnels and a senator’s concealed past, while another killer moves to protect their secrets.

Former IRA bombmaker Andrea Hayes has built a quiet family life after abandoning terrorism. When her daughter is kidnapped, blackmail forces her to construct a massive explosive device, confronting her with the conflict between saving her child and endangering others.

When Terry Greene receives a life sentence for a murder he did not commit, his wife Sam takes over his criminal empire. Rivals, debts, and family troubles force her to learn ruthless methods while questioning how well she knew her husband.

Three police recruits become criminals undercover to infiltrate drug dealer Den Donovan’s operation. Years later, approaching their target tests their loyalties, while Donovan’s collapsing business, stolen fortune, and responsibility for his son reveal complications beyond a straightforward arrest.

Undercover detective Dan Shepherd enters a high-security prison to discover how drug baron Gerry Carpenter controls a violent campaign outside. Maintaining his cover among dangerous inmates becomes even harder when Carpenter’s reach threatens Shepherd’s family as well as the prosecution.

Former policeman Jack Solomon identifies victims of ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia until a truck full of bodies presents a case he cannot abandon. Seeking its sole survivor leads into trafficking networks, where killers are determined to silence the young witness.

Travel writer Pete falls for Joy, a dancer in a Bangkok bar, believing he has found the woman of his dreams. Their relationship draws him into deception and dangerous dependencies as he discovers how little he understands about her life.

Dan Shepherd infiltrates an armed police unit suspected of killing drug dealers, forcing him to investigate fellow officers. A separate assignment posing as a hired killer risks exposing his cover, while a terrorist plot threatens hundreds of London civilians.

An undercover investigation into smuggling and counterfeit money leads Dan Shepherd to a terrorist cell targeting Eurostar passengers beneath the Channel. With explosives ready and time running out, he and his colleagues must decide how far to go to prevent catastrophe.

When the man who saved his life is kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with execution, Dan Shepherd confronts competing loyalties. Finding that official help has been abandoned, he and former SAS colleagues plan a rescue that takes him into Baghdad’s dangers.

Dan Shepherd is assigned to protect former IRA killers who once wanted him dead. Someone is murdering them in revenge for a police officer’s death, forcing Shepherd to defend people whose past crimes challenge his sense of justice and duty.

Undercover among bank robbers, Dan Shepherd finds unexpected common ground with the criminals he must bring down. Meanwhile, a terrorist campaign unfolds in London, drawing him toward a threat far more destructive than the gang’s carefully planned robberies.

In a future dominated by virtual entertainment, a gifted Dreamer creates experiences recorded on valuable psi-discs. When fellow Dreamers begin dying, he must enter their alternative realities to pursue a killer, turning the imagined worlds into the terrain of a murder investigation.

Private investigator Jack Nightingale discovers that his birth father sold his soul to a demon. With his thirty-third birthday approaching, he must uncover the truth behind his adoption and find a way to prevent the promised supernatural claim from being fulfilled.

Police psychologist Jamie Beaverbrook evaluates a seemingly young girl found beside a man with a torn throat. Her apparent sanity clashes with evidence suggesting vampirism, drawing him into a hidden Los Angeles world where appearances and ordinary explanations cannot be trusted.

Dan Shepherd goes undercover among vigilante police officers who are brutalizing London criminals. Although their actions reduce crime, he must end the campaign, confronting his discomfort with investigating colleagues while threats to his family make the assignment deeply personal.

NYPD detectives Turner and Marcinko hunt a killer holding a woman captive in a basement. Their attention centers on frustrated aspiring screenwriter Marvin Waller, but his indifference to their investigation raises doubts as the captive’s remaining time runs out.

Former New Orleans policeman Bob Turtledove helps a Utah couple search for their missing son in Bangkok. The apparently straightforward inquiry turns dangerous when Russian gangsters, hired killers, corrupt officers, and local thugs stand between him and the truth.

A policeman lies near death with an illness doctors cannot explain, and colleagues believe he was cursed during a clearance operation. Private investigator Jack Nightingale must determine whether a supernatural threat is responsible and whether he can save the dying man.

After Somali pirates seize a yacht’s crew, Dan Shepherd goes undercover to rescue the hostages and dismantle the gang. A captive’s influential connections prompt the mission, but approaching the pirates reveals that the operation involves dangers beyond ransom and survival.

Traveling from Singapore to Bangkok, Inspector Zhang finds his journey interrupted by a death in the first-class cabin. With Sergeant Lee assisting, he must identify the killer and motive among the passengers before an apparently confined setting conceals the truth.

A consignment of narcotics disappears while watched by Drugs Squad detectives, leaving Singapore police baffled. Inspector Zhang is called in to investigate the apparent locked-room puzzle, using deduction to determine how the drugs vanished despite the officers’ surveillance.

Inspector Zhang witnesses a woman fall to her death during an evening in Singapore. What initially appears to be suicide becomes a more complicated investigation, forcing him to question the obvious explanation and apply his detective skills to the circumstances.

Singapore detective Inspector Zhang longs for a difficult mystery and finally encounters one when a hotel guest is murdered in a locked room. Surveillance shows nobody entering or leaving, forcing him to reconcile the evidence with an apparently impossible crime.

Jack Nightingale searches for the sister from whom he was separated at birth, hoping to save her soul. As people he questions die horribly, he confronts a force determined to keep them apart and the price of negotiating with darkness.

Writing student Adrian Slater announces that he would kill to produce a bestseller, alarming lecturer Dudley Grose. When another student disappears and blood fills her bathroom, investigators must decide whether Slater’s manuscript records a crime rather than imagining one.

Singapore stockbroker Adrian travels to Thailand seeking distraction but becomes bored with casual encounters. Accepting an invitation involving another man’s wife promises a new experience, yet the choice carries unexpected consequences that challenge the pleasure he thought he was pursuing.

Dan Shepherd must protect two British student informants exposed after helping intelligence services locate Osama bin Laden. Teaching them to survive undercover tests his unfamiliar role as handler, while retaliation and a new terrorist plot put many more lives at risk.

This story follows Dan Shepherd before his undercover policing career, while serving with the SAS in Afghanistan. Sent toward a Taliban stronghold in November 2001, he undertakes a dangerous mission in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

A woman’s murder leaves fingerprints and bite marks linking a known burglar to the crime, but he was in police custody at the time. Inspector Zhang must resolve the contradiction and determine whether a locked cell truly provides an unbreakable alibi.

Inspector Zhang travels to Harrogate for a mystery writers’ convention, expecting a holiday away from policing. When a famous author is found dead in a locked room, the Singapore detective faces a difficult puzzle in the midst of his fellow mystery enthusiasts.

Jack Nightingale hears renewed cries for help from a girl he failed to save while working as a police negotiator. Investigating whether she is trapped beyond death draws him against gangs, police, and supernatural forces threatening his soul.

Four short stories follow a burglar's unexpected discovery, a train mugging gone wrong, Inspector Zhang's investigation of a hotel mystery, and the history of a Bangkok dancer. Opening chapters from six novels offer additional introductions to Leather's thrillers.

A young girl develops bleeding wounds on her hands and feet and claims to speak with the Virgin Mary. Called to investigate the apparent stigmata, supernatural detective Jack Nightingale finds reasons to doubt the explanation and fear for her life.

Frequent visitor Dave turns Thailand's nightlife into a personal challenge, seeking sexual partners whose names cover every letter of the alphabet. His pursuit of the next encounter leads him through increasingly questionable situations as he tries to complete the game.

English teacher Dave believes he has found an ideal life in Bangkok, with access to a succession of willing sexual partners. Meeting Nok complicates that carefree arrangement, and her pregnancy forces him to confront an unexpected change in their relationship.

Jimmy takes his wife to Thailand hoping to fulfill his fantasy of a threesome. Pursuing the experience means placing their marriage in unfamiliar territory, where the reality of getting what he wants may carry consequences he never anticipated.

In Afghanistan, SAS trooper Spider Shepherd investigates how the Taliban knew where to strike a military checkpoint. Working with young Karim brings him into a personal struggle when the boy's father is killed and revenge becomes an urgent concern.

This anthology gathers short thrillers by six authors, including Stephen Leather and Alex Shaw. Assassins, spies, corrupt officers, and people pursuing revenge occupy its stories, with Leather contributing Hiatus and Breaking In among the collection's dangerous encounters.

Nine authors contribute short thrillers involving military operations, espionage, private investigations, and revenge. Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd story Kill Zone joins tales of Ukrainian intelligence, a thief's confession, and a writer encountering a serial killer in this anthology.

Serving as a paratrooper in Sarajevo in 1995, Dan Shepherd confronts the realities of active duty in a war-torn city. This early military story follows the experiences that draw him toward seeking a place in the SAS.

Stranded in Sierra Leone, Spider Shepherd's SAS patrol faces dwindling supplies and advancing rebels. A subsequent MI6 assignment to destroy an arms dump forces them through hazardous swamps and into combat with soldiers who are often children.

Inspector Zhang is called to Sentosa after a doctor is found stabbed inside a locked room. The apparent impossibility of the killing demands careful deduction, as the Singapore detective searches for the explanation hidden behind misleading first impressions.

After a surrendered Taliban sniper betrays a group of paratroopers, Spider Shepherd is assigned to confront the resulting danger. With Jock, Geordie, and SAS hopeful Lex alongside him, pursuing revenge risks placing the team directly in the assassin's sights.

During SAS selection in Belize, Dan Shepherd joins fellow candidates on a jungle patrol intended to test their suitability for further service. An encounter with Guatemalan troops turns training into an urgent escape that pushes them beyond the exercise's original demands.

A school shooting leaves evidence of Satanic practices on the dead gunman's farm, but his brother insists he was framed. Jack Nightingale investigates while a girl claiming contact with the dead becomes linked to further horrifying deaths.

Spider Shepherd and his SAS teammates must intercept South African mercenaries who have looted Sierra Leone's diamond fields. Stopping them before they reach Liberia places the patrol against armed professionals whose pursuit of profit threatens an already devastated region.

Soap actress Carolyn Castle witnesses a gangland killing committed by charismatic criminal Warwick Richards. Her recognizable face makes anonymity difficult, and uncertainty about whether the killer saw her turns public fame into a potentially deadly liability.

MI5 assigns Spider Shepherd to protect a Russian oligarch after an assassin begins targeting the wealthy elite. Guarding a man he dislikes becomes harder when the Taliban sniper who once wounded him appears alive and living in London.

A fatal Arctic training exercise leaves Spider Shepherd's patrol angry at their commanding officer and the inquiry that cleared him. Orders restrict their protest and send them back into dangerous training before a fresh deployment to Sierra Leone.

Investigating the brutal murders of Goths, Jack Nightingale discovers a shared tattoo connected to a secretive Satanic cult. As he follows that link, the killers turn their attention toward him and the people closest to him.

Four short stories feature Spider Shepherd helping a friend in police trouble, elderly people considering murder, a tourist bringing something unexpected home from Thailand, and a life-changing massage. Excerpts introduce five novels, including Hard Landing and The Stretch.

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale investigates a young girl whose behavior suggests possession by an evil spirit. The case places a child's safety at the center of his work, forcing him to assess the presence apparently claiming control of her.

Spider Shepherd enters an evasion-and-interrogation exercise as part of SAS selection, expecting capture to be part of the test. Escalating violence and an unfamiliar voice suggest something more dangerous, forcing him to determine whether training has become a genuine abduction.

During his SAS service, Spider Shepherd receives an assignment as bodyguard to a Middle Eastern ruler facing threats against his life. Protecting the leader puts Shepherd's military skills to work in the close and exposed circumstances of personal security.

Arriving in San Francisco, Jack Nightingale investigates a coven using murder and torture to open a passage to Hell. When its members recognize his pursuit, they unleash monstrous opposition, turning his effort to prevent a demon's arrival into a fight for survival.

Singapore detective Inspector Zhang tackles eight baffling cases, from apparently impossible locked-room killings to murders disguised as suicide. Drawing on experience and the methods of classic fictional detectives, he searches for the overlooked clues that expose each crime's explanation.

An elderly man appears to have been struck by a train on a railway abandoned for more than fifty years. Jack Nightingale investigates the impossible death, finding supernatural forces that put his own safety at risk as he searches for answers.

Spider Shepherd joins a mission to rescue a former apprentice kidnapped in Pakistan, only to become a captive himself. With al-Qaeda holding him, MI5 controller Charlotte Button must turn to an elite American team and break rules to attempt a rescue.

Ordered to help bring down his former controller Charlie Button, Spider Shepherd confronts divided loyalties as her revenge campaign goes rogue. At the same time, a planned attack on visiting Russian president Vladimir Putin creates another urgent security threat.

A client asks Jack Nightingale to explain the meaning of her father's final words, offering what appears to be an ordinary investigative job. Following that request instead leads him toward a particularly dangerous demon and another encounter with the supernatural.

New York teenagers become possessed and commit sadistic killings, leaving priests and psychiatrists unable to stop the violence. Jack Nightingale investigates the force behind the possessions, but protecting the city draws him into a confrontation that puts his soul at risk.

Returning toward Cyprus, Spider Shepherd and his SAS patrol are diverted by an urgent operation. Orders send them into the Arabian desert to confront a dangerous terrorist group, turning an anticipated return journey into another sensitive military assignment.

At a remote RAF base, Spider Shepherd helps drone pilots identify a wanted terrorist hiding in Pakistan. As the operation develops unforeseen complications, stopping a planned attack requires decisions about the risks he is prepared to accept.

A mission takes Spider Shepherd to Nepal during his SAS career, where he encounters a legendary member of the regiment. The short story follows this meeting within a military assignment, offering another episode from Shepherd's life before undercover policing.

A brutal killing in Pine Ridge appears to have been carried out by children with unnaturally black eyes. Jack Nightingale investigates against the backdrop of the town's history of witchcraft and ritual violence, fearing the death signals something worse.

Posing as a hitman to expose a South London gang, Spider Shepherd discovers links to a major terrorist operation. The appearance of an Islamic State sniper he last saw in Syria turns his undercover assignment into a race to prevent mass casualties.

Nine suicide bombers take hostages across London, demanding the release of prisoners before an evening deadline. Superintendent Mo Kamran coordinates the response while trying to understand what connects the attackers, whose lack of known extremist ties complicates the crisis.

Premier League footballer Gabe Savage receives a call revealing that his wife and young son have been kidnapped. Ordered to ensure his team loses an important match, he faces a brutal conflict between professional duty and protecting his family.

Dan Shepherd and his SAS team deploy to Afghanistan to train rebels fighting the Taliban. Their instructional assignment becomes a struggle to survive, placing the soldiers themselves in the line of fire amid the conflict they were sent to support.

When undercover officer Lisa Wilson stops reporting on a drug smuggler, MI5 sends Spider Shepherd to assess her loyalty. His investigation threatens two operatives' lives, while an SAS killer pursuing revenge in London creates another danger he must confront.

Nine collected stories follow supernatural detective Jack Nightingale through encounters with demons, human-made monsters and Satanists. Investigations including The Creeper and The Undead place him between ordinary crimes and occult dangers as he tries to protect those threatened by them.

Jack Nightingale investigates a case of demonic possession that he cannot resolve alone. An exorcism requires Father O'Grady's help, but convincing the priest to risk a confrontation with demons becomes another obstacle to protecting the victim.

Former MI5 controller Charlotte Button sends hitman Lex Harper after a rogue soldier who may be planning a major terrorist attack. Meanwhile, thieves are stealing the secret files Charlotte relies on for protection, threatening her own survival.

Jack Nightingale accompanies a television crew into an abandoned mental asylum where a mysterious woman has been killing people with an axe. Investigating the attacks exposes a supernatural danger that threatens everyone who has entered the building.

A mysterious set of tarot cards appears to alter the future rather than predict it. Jack Nightingale investigates their power, only to discover that the supernatural forces behind them may be preparing a dangerous future for him as well.

Someone or something is killing people in the Everglades and consuming their bodies. Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale investigates the attacks, discovering that the murders point toward a larger threat than the deaths that first brought him to the area.

While visiting haunted sites along America's East Coast, Jack Nightingale encounters a strange doll left in the road. His planned holiday becomes a fight for survival when he realizes the doll has deadly supernatural power and may be targeting him.

Jack Nightingale is sent to investigate disturbances at a supposedly haunted house. Looking beyond the apparent ghost reveals a more dangerous cause of the mayhem, placing the supernatural detective in a case whose threat extends beyond an ordinary haunting.

Jack Nightingale's demonic adversary Proserpine asks him for a favor, leaving him little room to refuse. Agreeing draws the supernatural detective into a confrontation with the undead, forcing him to risk his own life on her behalf.

Lost in North Carolina, Jack Nightingale stumbles into a convention where long-dead serial killers appear before devoted admirers. His unexpected presence attracts their attention, turning a travel mistake into a dangerous encounter with people who should no longer be alive.

A man is found torn apart inside his home, and Jack Nightingale is brought in to investigate. The attack could indicate an escaped big cat, but the supernatural detective must determine whether something far more sinister is responsible.

Jack Nightingale investigates an app that enables a demon from Hell to wreak havoc on Earth. His assistant Jenny McLean and demonic adversary Proserpine become involved as he confronts a supernatural threat spreading through an everyday piece of technology.

During his SAS career, Dan Shepherd and his team pursue revenge-driven terrorist Sabit Kusen across cities worldwide. Kusen repeatedly stays ahead of them, forcing Shepherd to find a way to stop him before his next major attack claims more lives.

Nine collected investigations pit Jack Nightingale against haunted houses, revived serial killers, troubled spirits and demonic monsters. Stories including Possession, The Doll and Wrong Turn follow the supernatural detective into cases where a mistake may endanger both his life and soul.

After terrorist Saladin strikes London, MI5 sends Spider Shepherd to find the only man who can identify him. Former Navy SEAL Dean Martin was supposedly killed years earlier, making the search for him the first obstacle to tracking Saladin down.

A series of children's suicides in Tennessee leads Jack Nightingale to a mysterious list of potential victims, including someone he knows. Investigating a demonic campaign of revenge forces him to seek help from an old enemy before more children die.

A rock star's family home becomes threatening after his children are born, prompting Jack Nightingale to investigate. The disturbance appears to resent their presence, and discovering the house's secret may put the supernatural detective himself in danger.

Severely injured during a rescue, firefighter Vicky Lewis moves into fire investigation and partners with veteran Des Farmer. Joining his unofficial inquiry into young women's deaths draws her toward a dangerous truth behind a series of suspicious fires.

A grieving widow believes her husband has returned from the dead, but she cannot tell whether he means to protect or harm her. Jack Nightingale investigates, seeking the truth behind an apparent reunion whose intentions remain frighteningly uncertain.

SAS soldier Matt Standing travels to Los Angeles to help a former Navy SEAL accused of murdering the Russian oligarch he guarded. Finding the real assassin and clearing his friend's name requires surviving the pursuit with Spider Shepherd's assistance.