Stephen LeatherAnnotation
The Chinaman understood death.
Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, he had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. He had watched helpless when his two eldest daughters had been raped and killed by Thai pirates.
Now all that was behind him. Quiet, hard-working and unassuming, he was building up his South London take-away business.
Until the day his wife and youngest daughter were destroyed by an IRA bomb in a Knightsbridge department store.
Then, simply but persistently, he began to ask the authorities who were the men responsible, what was being done. And was turned away, fobbed off, treated as a nuisance.
Which was when the Chinaman, denied justice, decided on revenge. And went back to war.
Praise for Stephen Leather’s bestselling thrillers
‘Raw and uncompromising, this is a compelling and disturbing thriller that will make you think’
Sunday Mercury, Birmingham on The Eyewitness
‘Stephen Leather’s novel manages to put a contemporary spin on a timeless tale of revenge and retribution . . . Leather’s experience as a journalist brings a sturdy, gritty element to a tale of horror . . . which makes The Eyewitness a compelling read’
Evening Herald, Dublin
‘Exciting stuff with plenty of heart-palpitating action gingered up by mystery and intrigue . . . Leather is an intelligent thriller writer’
Daily Mail on The Tunnel Rats
‘As high-tech and as world-class as the thriller genre gets’
Express on Sunday on The Bombmaker
‘A whirlwind of action, suspense and vivid excitement’
Irish Times on The Birthday Girl
‘An ingenious plot, plenty of action and solid, believable characters, wrapped up in taut, snappy prose that grabs your attention by the throat . . . A top-notch thriller which whips the reader along at breakneck speed’
Yorkshire Post on The Long Shot
‘A gripping story sped along by admirable uncluttered prose’
Daily Telegraph on The Chinaman
Also by Stephen Leather
Pay Off
The Fireman
Hungry Ghost
The Vets
The Long Shot
The Birthday Girl
The Double Tap
The Solitary Man
The Tunnel Rats
The Bombmaker
The Stretch
Tango One
The Eyewitness
Spider Shepherd Thrillers