![White Lies: The 11th Spider Shepherd Thriller (Dan Shepherd series) by [Leather, Stephen]](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5179OiX2qVL.jpg)
Title: White Lies
Author: Stephen Leather
FICTION
Genre: Thriller
Ranking: 6.5 out of 10.0
Buy: Maybe
Borrow: Yes
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Lies-Spider-Shepherd-Thriller-ebook/dp/B00J379GTC
Summary: Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. So when one of his former trainees is kidnapped in the badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue mission. But when the plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists as well.
Shepherd's MI5 controller Charlotte Button is determined to get him out, but to do that she needs to bring in America's elite SEALs in a do-or-die operation to rescue the British captives.
Main review:
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line - for his friends and for his job with MI5. So when one of his former trainees is kidnapped in the badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue mission. But when the plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists as well. His SAS training is of little help as his captors beat and torture him, along with his protoge.
Shepherd's MI5 controller Charlotte Button is determined to get him out of harm's way, but her only hope is to bring in America's finest - the elite SEALs - in a do-or-die operation to rescue the captives.
This mult-layered plot alternates between the very bloody torture sequences of Shepherd and the difficulties Charlotte has in getting the American SEALs involved in going in to rescue Spider. She also brings a British special agent in from Thailand secretly to the UK to try to establish exactly where Spider is being held and to do this he has to engage in some very unorthodox methods.
Stephen Leather is from a journalistic background and meticulously researches the background to all his books and it is very reassuring, reading facts and background details to his stories and knowing that they must be authentic.
Shepherd's MI5 controller Charlotte Button is determined to get him out of harm's way, but her only hope is to bring in America's finest - the elite SEALs - in a do-or-die operation to rescue the captives.
This mult-layered plot alternates between the very bloody torture sequences of Shepherd and the difficulties Charlotte has in getting the American SEALs involved in going in to rescue Spider. She also brings a British special agent in from Thailand secretly to the UK to try to establish exactly where Spider is being held and to do this he has to engage in some very unorthodox methods.
Stephen Leather is from a journalistic background and meticulously researches the background to all his books and it is very reassuring, reading facts and background details to his stories and knowing that they must be authentic.
Further reading suggestion: Spider Shepherd: SAS - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Shepherd-SAS-1-ebook/dp/B00QWGVDY8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=sl1&tag=stephenleather&linkId=3ed6de9b013ba48b5a5fc02ca9b017df
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