# False Friends

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- Book: [False Friends](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-leather/false-friends) ([False Friends.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-leather/false-friends.md))
- Authors: [Stephen Leather](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-leather)
- Publisher: hodder_stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4470-835-6
- Published: 2012-08-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

✨ PRE-ORDER LAST CHANCE, THE NEW SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLER, OUT 31 JULY 2025 ✨ READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SPIDER SHEPHERD SERIES 'A terrific tale of terrorism' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Stephen Leather always delivers the goods' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'All too real, and simply unputdownable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Spider is the new James Bond!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'My three favourite authors: Stephen Leather, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Five stars are simply not enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The most wanted man in the world is dead... When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the inside. After the false friends are revealed to be two British students, Malik and Chaudhry - former Islamic fundamentalists recruited by MI5 - they become targets themselves. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd must teach the pair how to survive undercover with al-Qaeda closing in. But with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur, and a terrorist plot putting thousands of lives at stake, can he protect everyone before it's too late? ... now those loyal to him seek revenge. From legendary, bestselling author Stephen Leather, a truly gripping thriller with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics.