Clean Kill

A totally gripping action-packed thriller from international bestseller Stephen Leather

By: Stephen Leather

Narrated by: Paul Thornley

The brand new, action-packed thriller from Stephen Leather.
Terrorists have shot down a British helicopter in West Africa and taken the crew hostage. Their lives are on the line and the British government is refusing to negotiate. The pilot is Liam Shepherd, and only his father - Dan 'Spider' Shepherd of MI5 - can help.
Shepherd and an SAS team fly out to the badlands of Mali to rescue the kidnapped Brits.

But the mission takes Shepherd away from an investigation in a high security prison that is about to explode into violence. Hundreds of lives are at risk, and Shepherd is running out of time...

'Enthralling' Financial Times ***
'Explosive' The Sun ***
'Grabs the reader by the throat' Daily Mail©2023 Stephen Leather

Critic reviews

Praise for Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself (Chris Ryan, author of Zero 22)

The fast-paced action scenes are expertly choreographed; the description of settings - from the luxurious bars where Ankara's gangsters gather, to Dubai's glittering skyscrapers - is brisk and richly detailed. Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storyline he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain - without preaching.

Clever concept

The story concept was unexpected by me, but timely and and actual. Leather did not fail his devoted readers.

3.5 with a good SAS-Undercover plot in the mix

3.5 stars
While this was more of the same from my favourite author, I did get a little bored mid-way through. There’s a good mix of SAS and Spider undercover action with two stories that ‘kind of’ get connected.
Well narrated by Paul Thornley as always, though I didn’t like the ‘posh’ voice he gave Matt Standing this time that was more reminiscent of Major Gannon compared to the Standing series of books; but probably due to the fact he uses the Spider voice tone in those.
Stephen is still pouring them out and it was a pleasant listen, just not one the best

As I had hoped

Well worth a listen, the reader is up on his game as per usual and the multi-threaded story line entertaining. Well worth the listen for Spider Shepherd fans.