Jeremy Duns and Steve Mosby have alleged that Leather has harassed them online. [37] [38] Bibliography [ edit ] Novels [ edit ] Publication year Learning that his father had sold his soul to the devil before his birth, the disbelieving Nightingale ignores the warning of his maniacal father and continues on with his life. It is not until a series of strange and horrible deaths start occurring that Nightingale begins to take the ravings seriously. Just weeks shy of his thirty third birthday, the day when the macabre pact is supposed to conclude, the former police officer must use all of of his analytical intelligence so solve the most important case of his career. A thriller writer has been accused of running an online smear campaign". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022 . Retrieved 16 September 2018.

Nightfall: The first novel in the series is a suspenseful novel with one of the most gripping plots of any of the novels. Dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service, Nightingale becomes a private investigator, only to find that his supernatural experiences increase in intensity. The death of his biological father leaves him the new owner of a mansion, which he soon moves into. The joy of a new house does not last long, as he soon discovers that his father had committed suicide after he realized that a deal he made to sell his son’s soul to the devil could not be reversed. In a somber yet stirring narrative, the novel takes a philosophical look into the shadowy world of the supernatural and its interactions with the real world. Wrote two of the first series episode (2001) and two episodes of the second series (2002). Also wrote an episode for the 2003 series. [16] Standard tropes. The rest was basic. Cop turned PI, everything going to hell around him and all he needs is a bit of booze and a girl to tell him he's so strong.

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Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye is a fictionalized account of Bangkok Private Eye Warren Olson’s experiences working there. Olson is fluent in the Thai and Khmer languages and walked the seedy side of the city where other P.I.’s did not.

Spelman, Judith (August 2008). "Judith Spelman Talks to a Best Selling Author Who Produces A Thriller A Year". Writing Magazine: 8–9. Flood, Alison. "Stephen Leather accused of cyberbullying by fellow thriller writers". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 January 2016. Each book in the David Raker series is offering a standalone story, but the lives of the different characters evolve from one book to the other. Skidelsky, William (27 February 2011). "Kindle gives thriller writer a plot for success – at 71p a shot". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 1 May 2013. The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2002". Crime Writer's Association. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2012.Unsworth, Emma (25 January 2007). "Hot on the trail of terror". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 19 January 2013. ITW Thriller Award nominees and winners". Thriller Writers. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2012. Broken Heart– A woman drives to a beautiful headland overlooking the Devon coast. She is never seen again, and no trace of where she went can be found. The woman’s sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. As Raker tries to find her whereabouts – fearing the worst – he learns that she was recently widowed from a reclusive film director.

Spook factor. It was properly ooky with all the stuff around him that made him isolated, afraid and unable to fight. Leather was born in Manchester. He grew up in Sale and Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and attended Manchester Grammar School. [7] He attended Bath University, where he obtained a BSc in Biochemistry in 1978. [2] Early career [ edit ] Stephen Leather Synopses: The standalone novel Private Dancer by Stephen Leather is about a man, Pete, who meets a pole dancer named Joy and falls in love. Pete winds up in a strange world of sex, drugs and deception and soon discovers that Joy is no joy at all, and rather, his own personal nightmare.This wasn't as much for me. There were parts where I thought it got nice and spooky, but then it would try to reconcile God into a world of devils, and that got old. Also the edge lord crap was gross.

The e-book debate - threat or opportunity?". Front Row. BBC Radio 4. 29 August 2012 . Retrieved 3 November 2013. (Quote, in response to audience question, at around 26.53)Tango One". Isis Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2012. Short Fuses is a collection of four action-adventure short stories by Stephen Leather. The stories included are Breaking In, Strangers on a Train, Inspector Zhang and the Hotel Guest and Cat’s Eyes.