Stephen Leather


Biography

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.

Stephen Leather's bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He is one of the UK most successful eBook authors and was voted by The Bookseller magazine as one of the Top 100 influential people in the publishing world in 2011.

Stephen Leather has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.

Where to find Stephen Leather online


Books

Dead Drop (A Spider Shepherd Short Story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 14420 words. Published on April 28, 2013. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
A short story featuring SAS trooper Dan "Spider" Shepherd in action in Afghanistan, helping a 12-year-old boy get revenge for the death of his father. Shepherd went on to become an undercover cop in London in the series written by bestselling author Stephen Leather.
Kill Zone (A Spider Shepherd Short Story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 14570 words. Published on February 8, 2013. Fiction.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
SAS trooper Dan "Spider" Shepherd in action in Afghanistan, on the trail of a murderous Taliban assassin.
Take Two    by Stephen Leather
Price: $2.99 USD. 91900 words. Published on January 7, 2013. Fiction.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Carolyn Castle is one of the most famous faces in the UK - a soap opera star known to millions. But when she witnesses a gangland killing she has to ask herself if her fame could be the death of her.
Friendly Fire (A Spider Shepherd Short Story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 13980 words. Published on December 16, 2012. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
An action-packed short story featuring Dan “Spider” Shepherd during his days as an SAS trooper in Afghanistan. It’s November 2001 and Shepherd is sent on a dangerous mission to a Taliban stronghold on the trail of the most wanted man in the world – Osama Bin Laden.
The Threesome    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 9940 words. Published on November 25, 2012. Fiction.

Be careful what you wish for because one day you might get it. That's what Jimmy discovered when he started lusting after a sexy threesome with his lovely wife Laura. But when he flies with her to Thailand to make his fantasy come true, his life changes for ever. The Threesome is just under 10,000 words - about 30 pages, perfect for when you have half an hour to spare.
Inspector Zhang - The Boxed Set    by Stephen Leather
Price: $2.99 USD. 39710 words. Published on November 6, 2012. Fiction.

0.75 star(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Four short stories featuring detective Inspector Zhang from Singapore. They are all locked room mysteries to test the detective's deductive powers to the full - Inspector Zhang and the Perfect Alibi, Inspector Zhang and the Falling Woman, Inspector Zhang and the Dead Thai Gangster, and Inspector Zhang and the Disappearing Drugs.
Inspector Zhang Goes To Harrogate (A Short Story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 11730 words. Published on August 24, 2012. Fiction.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
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 room.
Short Fuses (Four free short stories)    by Stephen Leather
Price: Free! 47510 words. Published on June 14, 2012. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Four free short stories from bestselling author Stephen Leather, plus opening chapters of six of his bestselling thrillers.
The Pregnant Wife (An erotic short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 17210 words. Published on June 6, 2012. Fiction.

Dave is an English teacher in Bangkok who discovers a way to get free sex with a stream of beautiful girls. He has the perfect life, until he meets Nok. And when Nok falls pregnant, Dave's life changes for ever.
The Alphabet Game (an erotic short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 15280 words. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction.

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 Game - where Dave tries to sleep with girls named after every letter of the alphabet. He has the time of his life until he meets a girl called Zed....
Banging Bill's Wife (an erotic short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: Free! 10080 words. Published on April 3, 2012. Fiction.

A high-flying stockbroker is offered a once-in-a-lifetime sexual opportunity in Thailand. Little does he know that it will change his life for ever.
Inspector Zhang and the Perfect Alibi (a short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 9750 words. Published on March 9, 2012. Fiction.

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 a well-known house-breaker. But the burglar has a cast-iron alibi because at the time of the murder he was in police custody.
The Bestseller    by Stephen Leather
Price: $2.99 USD. 59480 words. Published on September 27, 2011. Fiction.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Would you kill to write a bestseller? Well Adrian Slater says that he’s prepared to do just that – and announces the fact in a creative writing class. Lecturer Dudley Grose is convinced that Slater is a psychopath and means what he says. But the Dean of the university doesn’t believe him and neither do the cops - until a pretty young student is murdered.
Inspector Zhang and the Disappearing Drugs (a short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 16720 words. Published on July 7, 2011. Fiction.

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 puts Inspector Zhang's detective skills to the test.
Inspector Zhang and the Falling Woman (a short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 16040 words. Published on July 7, 2011. Fiction.

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 affair and one that will test his detective skills to the limit.
Inspector Zhang and the Dead Thai Gangster (a short story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $0.99 USD. 17780 words. Published on July 7, 2011. Fiction.

The inscrutable Inspector Zhang of the Singapore Police Force is Bangkok-bound on a passenger jet when a passenger is found dead in the first class cabin. But who killed him, and why? It's up to Inspector Zhang and his assistant, Sergeant Lee, to solve the case.
Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish (A Free Short Story)    by Stephen Leather
Price: Free! 15070 words. Published on June 16, 2011. Fiction.

0.75 star(4.75 from 4 reviews)
Inspector Zhang loves mysteries, but as a Detective Inspector with the Singapore Police Force he knows that mysteries are few and far between. There are relatively few crimes in the city state and those that are committed are usually solved quickly. But that all changes when Inspector Zhang is called to a top Singapore hotel where a guest has been found murdered in a locked room.
Ma Danseuse Particulière    by Stephen Leather
Price: $5.99 USD. 122100 words. Published on April 4, 2011. Fiction.

1996 en Thaïlande. L’année du Rat. Pete, un jeune auteur de guides touristiques, s’égare dans un gogo de Bangkok où il rencontre l’amour de sa vie. Il s’ensuit un tour sur les montagnes russes, fait d’amour, de drogue et de tromperies ; tandis que Pete découvre que Sa Danseuse Particulière, n’est pas ce qu’elle proclame être.
Private Dancer (Deutsche Ausgabe)    by Stephen Leather
Price: $5.99 USD. 106840 words. Published on March 30, 2011. Fiction.

Thailand 1996. Das Jahr der Ratte. Pete, ein junger Reiseschriftsteller, betritt eine GoGo-Bar und trifft die Liebe seines Lebens. Joy ist das Mädchen seiner Träume, jung und atemberaubend hübsch – und eines der bestverdienenden Mädchen der Bar. Was folgt, ist eine Achterbahnfahrt aus Sex, Drogen und Täuschungen.
Private Dancer    by Stephen Leather
Price: $5.99 USD. 118450 words. Published on February 13, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Pete, a young travel writer, wanders into a Bangkok go-go bar and meets the love of his life. Joy is the girl of his dreams, young, stunningly pretty, and one of the Zombie Bar's top earning pole dancers. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of sex, drugs and deception, as Pete discovers that his very own private dancer is not all that she claims to be.
Dreamer's Cat    by Stephen Leather
Price: $3.99 USD. 67310 words. Published on February 13, 2011. Fiction.

A science fiction murder mystery set in a future world where virtual reality is a way of life. The hero is a Dreamer, a one-in-a-million talent who lays down psi-discs for the Cerebral Broadcasting Corporation. But when Dreamers start to die, our hero has to go into their alternative realities on the trail of the killer.
Bangkok Bob and The Missing Mormon    by Stephen Leather
Price: $4.99 USD. 63210 words. Published on January 1, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 3 reviews)
Long-term Bangkok resident and former New Orleans cop Bob Turtledove has the knack of getting people out of difficult situations. So when a young man from Utah goes missing in Bangkok, his parents are soon knocking on Bob’s door asking for help.

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