Rough Justice

by Stephen Leather

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The seventh book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series. Villains across London are being beaten, crippled and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end. Shepherd has always known that there are grey areas in the fight against crime. And that sometimes justice gets lost in the process. He has never been comfortable investigating cops, but working for the Serious Organised Crime show more Agency means that he has no choice. He has to go undercover with an elite group of officers who are at the sharp end of policing, risking their lives daily on the toughest streets in the Capital. But Shepherd has hard decisions of his own to make when his family is in the firing line. show less

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Review 'ROUGH JUSTICE is a top drawer thriller with blood-soaked action, terrifyingly real villains, spine-tingling menace and a pulsating plot with serious ethical issues at its heart. Another class act from Mr Leather ...' -- Lancashire Evening Post 'One of the strongest and most outstanding books of his career to date. Another real scorcher ... so gripping I just could not put it down' -- www.eurocrime.co.uk Praise for Stephen Leather's novels -- : 'This is an aggressively topical novel but a genuinely thrilling one, too.' -- Daily Telegraph 'As tough as British thrillers get ... gripping' -- Irish Independent 'In brisk newsman's style he explores complex contemporary issues while keeping the action fast and bloody.' -- Economist show more Product Description Rough Justice is the seventh book in the best-selling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.
Villains across London are being beaten, crippled and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end.
Shepherd has always known that there are grey areas in the fight against crime. And that sometimes justice gets lost in the process.
He has never been comfortable investigating cops, but working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency means that he has no choice. He has to go undercover with an elite group of officers who are at the sharp end of policing, risking their lives daily on the toughest streets in the Capital.
But Shepherd has hard decisions of his own to make when his family is in the firing line."
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Canonical title
Rough Justice
Original publication date
2010
People/Characters
Spider Shepherd

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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6062 .E27 .R68Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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