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I have read one of Stephen Leather s books before Had Spiders Web been my first I would not have read any other books by him These short stories reminded me of the old TV series Tales of the Unexpected and were just as corny Spiders Web I only read the first 2 stories The third one Hard Target I couldn t really get into They were okay but I m not sure I d read them again Spiders Web Spider Shepherd was how I was first introduced to Stephen Leather s books. Spider webs space It has been a long time since I last ventured into Spider s world but it certainly didn t take too long to get backThree short stories two which involved Spider and one which involved an old man seen as a victim by two lads looking to rob him Spiders Web I never feel that time has been wasted reading Stephen Leather s books Some I like than others but overall Spiders Web fitted well for me as a quick holiday read I do prefer his single story books rather than a compilation of three short stories Spiders Web The first short story in this collection was good the others didn t grab me at all I ve read other books from this author which I ve found good Unfortunately this isn t one of them Spiders Web Stephen Leather was a journalist for than ten years on newspapers such as The Times the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong His bestsellers have been translated into than ten languages He has also written for television shows such as Londons Burning The Knock and the BBCs Murder in Mind series For much of 2011 his self published eBooks including The Bestseller The Basement Once Bitten and Dreamers Cat dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold than half a million copies The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US and in total he has sold than two million eBooks His bestselling book The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan Stephen Leather was a journalist for than ten years on newspapers such as The Times the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong His bestsellers have been translated into than ten languages He has also written for television shows such as London s Burning The Knock and the BBC s Murder in Mind series For much of 2011 his self published eBooks including The Bestseller The Basement Once Bitten and Dreamer s Cat dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold than half a million copies The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US and in total he has sold than two million eBooks His bestselling book The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan and grossing than 100 million site_link Three all action short stories including two brand new Spider Shepherd adventures The collection also includes an extract from the tenth Spider Shepherd thriller TRUE COLOURS out 18 July 2013 One of the new Spider Shepherd short stories Hard Evidence When Dan Spider Shepherd wakes up alone in a bricked basement room chained by the wrists to a cast iron ceiling pipe with a throbbing pain in his skull he knows he has a big problem He has no idea how he got there He has no idea who put him there He has no idea of his fate And he has no idea how he is going to escape Spiders WebGreat work hopefully one day they will be made into full books instead of short stories Spiders Web I have been a fan on Stephen Leather s for quite a while and was keen on reading some short fiction from him. Spiders web in space The first story Hard Evidence was an interesting opening More like a scene from a novel it features Dan Shepherd being held prisoner by a Russian bad guy And it feels like the end of a book where the bad guy is convinced to tell the good guy the reasons behind everything he did A lot of dialogue but no real action until the very end. Spiders web in tagalog The next story was Hiatus A story of two would be thieves who decide on a plan to rob an old man and the way the tables can turn if you aren t careful Not Leather s best work. Spider web book series The last story is Hard Target and to be honest I have pretty much forgotten what it was aboutSome authors are very skilled at the short story I think Stephen Leather should stick to his novels where his character development and story arcs are at their best. Spider-man thriller PaulARH Spiders Web Three short stories from the pen of Stephen Leather of which two feature Dan Spider Shepherd Only the first really piqued my interest although even this failed to satisfy me The other two were fairly unmemorable I am of the opinion that short stories and novellas are not the writer s forte as they lacked the writing style I have come to expect from his full length books All in all I was rather disappointed in this and perhaps I will avoid these shorter works in future Spiders Web I usually like this authorI like this author so I m disappointed that this book didn t grab me like I hoped it would Oh well next time Spiders Web Published 06 06 2013Author Stephen LeatherRecommended for fans of his other books and novellasEdition KindleI really love books by Stephen Leather so I thought I would read one of his short novels however I wasn t really that impressed with this one The first one Hard Evidence is quite good and did grab my attention abit it felt like it was the opening of a full length novel It could have done with abit action throughout the whole story rather than just at the very end The second story Hiatus was abit disappointing the storyline didn t really grab my attention at all: Spider's web book I much prefer Stephen Leathers full length novels but some of his other fans might prefer these ones Spiders Web