Stephen Leather - Cold Kill
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While investigating a crew of people-traffickersDan Shepherd discovers a cross-Channel currency-smuggling operation. Posing as a low-level criminal, Shepherd infiltrates the gang, befriending its London soldiers and establishing contact with the Albanian gangster who masterminds the business from his swank Paris flat. As Shepherd soon discovers, currency-smuggling isnt the only business these guys dabble in. With the help of a government contact, theyve been churning out fake British passports, a scam that eventually finds Shepherd surrounded by Semtex and racing to foil a terrorist plotThe story builds to a boil as Shepherd, piecing together the terrorists plans as he goes, lands aboard a Paris-bound Eurostar train with four suicide bombers as his fellow passengers. Its a grand finale thatll have readers on edge. Nicely, and seemingly effortlessly, done. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
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Praise for Stephen Leather
A grand finale that will have readers on edge.
Literary Review on Cold Kill
A cracking good read... Stephen Leather is a master of the thriller genre and Soft Target does not disappoint. The background to the drugs trade immediately grabs ones attention and the pace never lets up from then on. Leather gives the impression that he has done his research immaculately, and his attention to detail is immaculate. The result is a gripping read, the equal of anything of its nature being published on either side of the Atlantic.
Irish Times
This is a breathless, exciting narrative about a male-dominated world and its peculiar loyalties.
Sunday Times on Soft Target
Leather can dispense high-adrenaline plotting but never at the expense of remembering that his characters are humans rather than Action Man dolls.
Barry Forshaw, Sunday Express on Soft Target
Reading Stephen Leather at leisure is always a pleasure. The pacing of Soft Target is superb
**** Ireland on Sunday
As tough as British thrillers get... gripping
Irish Independent on Hard Landing
Leathers experience as a journalist brings a sturdy, gritty element to a tale of horror... which makes The Eyewitness a compelling read
Evening Herald , Dublin
Exciting stuff with plenty of heart-palpitating action gingered up by mystery and intrigue... Leather is an intelligent thriller writer
Daily Mail on The Tunnel Rats
Also by Stephen Leather
Pay Off
The Fireman
Hungry Ghost
The Chinaman
The Vets
The Long Shot
The Birthday Girl
The Double Tap
The Solitary Man
The Tunnel Rats
The Bombmaker
The Stretch
Tango One
The Eyewitness
Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Hard Landing
Soft Target
Hot Blood
Dead Men
Live Fire
Rough Justice
Fair Game (July 2011)
Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thrillers
Nightfall
Midnight
To find out about these and future titles, visit www.stephenleather.com.
About the author
Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times , the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full-time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as Londons Burning , The Knock and the BBCs Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.
COLD KILL
Stephen Leather
HODDER & STOUGHTON
Copyright 2006 by Stephen Leather
The right of Stephen Leather to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Though the author has intentionally made this novel as realistic as possible it is emphasised that this is a work of fiction.
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library
Epub ISBN 978 1 84456 855 0
Book ISBN 0 340 83412 9
Book ISBN 0 340 83412 9
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
A division of Hodder Headline
338 Euston Road
London NW1 3BH
A division of Hodder Headline
338 Euston Road
London NW1 3BH
www.hodder.co.uk
For Amelia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am once again indebted to Alistair Cumming of the British Transport Police for keeping me on the straight and narrow regarding police procedure and to Lloyd Currie for his help and advice on matters nautical. Any errors of fact are mine and not theirs.
Denis ODonoghue, Barbara Schmeling, Andrew Yates, Alex Bonham and Hazel Orme helped me get the manuscript into shape and Carolyn Mays was once again the perfect editor, always there for me when I needed support and encouragement.
The American folded his arms and watched without emotion as the electrodes were applied to the mans genitals. Tell us who gave you the satellite photographs, he said. Tell us, and this will all be over. He was wearing a lightweight headset, a silver-grey earpiece with a small curved mouthpiece.
The torturers on the other side of the two-way mirror were wearing similar headsets. They were in their early thirties with hard eyes and close-cropped hair. They wore dark sweatshirts with the sleeves pulled up to the elbows, jeans and heavy workboots. The one attaching the electrodes had a broken nose; the other, standing by a table at the far end of the room, had a thick scar above his lip.
Broken Nose repeated the Americans words.
The man in the plastic chair was also in his thirties. He hadnt shaved in three days and he had been fed infrequently with low-protein meals. His eyes were sunken, with dark patches beneath, and his black hair was matted and unkempt. I dont know what youre talking about, he said.
Scarred Lip picked up a photograph from the table and waved it in front of the mans face. It was one of several satellite pictures that had been found in his apartment. Photographs of RAF Mildenhall, a base for bombers and tanker aircraft of the United States Air Force and headquarters of the 352nd Special Operations Group. It was a prime target. There could be no justifiable reason for a civilian to have the high-definition satellite images in his possession. Especially a civilian who had circled with black ink all the CCTV cameras that covered the base perimeter.
Who gave you the pictures? said the American, quietly.
Broken Nose repeated the question, word for word, but in a staccato scream, his mouth just inches from the bound mans ear.
You cant do this! shouted the man. He had a Manchester accent. He had been wearing a Manch ester United shirt when hed been dragged into the basement but he was naked now. He struggled, but the men who had tied him to the chair were professionals and the webbing straps held him tight.
Yes, we can, said Scarred Lip.
Im a British citizen. Ive got rights.
Not here you havent, said Broken Nose. This is American soil. Youve got no rights here.
I didnt do anything! screamed the man, spittle spraying from his lips.
Thats a lie, said Broken Nose. And you know what happens when you lie. Now, who gave you the photographs?
We know what you were planning, said Scarred Lip. He threw the photograph back on to the table. All we need you to tell us is who was helping you.
The man closed his eyes and shuddered in anticipation of the pain to come.
The American sighed. Do it, he said softly.
Behind the chair a foot pedal connected the electrodes to the high-voltage batteries that would provide the charge. Direct current was much more painful than the mains alternating current. The American knew that from experience. Broken Nose put his foot on the pedal and the man went into spasm. Broken Nose kept his foot down for a full two seconds, then released it. The man sagged in the chair, gasping for breath. His body was bathed in sweat.
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