It is leather s fourth novel and was adapted into a film, starring jackie chan, titled the foreigner, released in 2017. Although still a young man, leather had led a full life before turning to a. Best books set in thailand bangkok to goodreads showing. If you have not read it, you must, you really must. Before he was an undercover cop and mi5 officer, spider was a soldier and a member of the elite sas seeing action in warzones around the world. Stephen leather is a british thriller author, best known for his popular dan spider shepherd and jack nightingale series, and also for his numerous standalone novels. Offer valid from 30 march to 5 april 2017 while stocks last. Booktopia bookshop search results for stephen leather. The first novels 9781444778014 from dymocks online store. I rate stephen leathers private dancer as one of the best novels loosley based on the writers first hand thai knowledgebar girl experiences. The credibility bookcase is the quarantines hottest accessory.
Here are the stephen leather books in order for his series, and the list of his standalone novels. Oct 27, 2009 private dancer, the one about the thai bar girl, gets downloaded about 40 times a day. The fireman by stephen leather 9780340960714 dymocks. When youre caught between two evils, only the most decisive will survive. Read dark forces the th spider shepherd thriller by stephen leather available from rakuten kobo. Stephen leather is one of the uks most successful thriller writers with numerous bestsellers in print and ebook form, and translated into more than ten languages. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It was one of the first books to be available on the kindle, and still sells well. He is one of the top selling kindle authors and was the second bestselling uk author worldwide on kindle in 2011. He is one of the top selling amazon kindle authors, the second bestselling uk author worldwide on kindle in 2011. Private dancer a novel about love, betrayal and death in.
Hos adlibris hittar du miljontals bocker och produkter inom stephen leather vi har ett brett sortiment av bocker, garn, leksaker, pyssel, sallskapsspel, dekoration och mycket mer for en inspirerande vardag. Stephen leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as the times, the daily mail and the south china morning post in hong kong. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Books for your kindle the perfect travel companion. Private dancer was one of the first downloadable books as i made it available as a free pdf. The chinaman is a thriller novel written by stephen leather, first published in 1992. He has written for television shows such as londons burning, the knock, and the bbcs murder in mind series. Because of all of its local wisdom, private dancer ought to be made available to every tourist at port of entry. Stephen leather is one of the uks most successful thriller writers, an ebook and sunday times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed dan spider shepherd series and the jack nightingale supernatural detective novels. Sunday times bestselling author of more than forty novels and creator of mi5 operative dan spider shepherd and supernatural detective jack. Stephen leather books for sale in uk view 18 bargains. Bernard trink from bangkok post the biggest englishlanguage daily in thailand believes that private dancer ought to be made available to every tourist at port of entry and pattaya mail wrote that the book should be compulsory reading for all firsttimers to thailand. Bangkok blackmail that i recently put out as a kindle, is also very much based on a case i handled.
You can even rip the paper up and decoupage with it. Oct 11, 2008 the falcon of siam is probably one of the best books written about thailand. Before becoming a fulltime author, leather was a journalist on newspapers such as the times, the daily mail and the south china morning post in hong kong. I have just finished reading the book private dancer by stephen leather, even without the pattaya interest it is a cracking read and many times i had a giggle as situations mirrored exactly what i had read in trs on here. Private dancer by stephen leather one of stephen leathers first books. It is set in thailand in 1996, the year of the rat. This is an engrossing thriller about relationships with bar girls by a bestselling crime author. One day she goes out for a coffee run from the safe house from which she and her fellow footies operate. Private dancer newbie advice pattaya addicts forum.
Stephen leather is one of the uks most successful thriller writers. Pete wanders into a bangkok gogo bar and meets the love of his lif. Shop amongst our popular books, including 66, last man standing, private dancer and more from stephen leather. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Stephen leather also turns up the pressure in this book, with not just one, but three threats against lex, so that you never know what is going to happen. The bookcase has become the preferred background for applying a.
Spiritual abodes of thailand, barry broman and william warren. Private dancer a novel about love, betrayal and death. Midnight by stephen leather since the early nineties he has produced more than 20 highoctane crime thrillers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as the times, the daily mail and the south china morning post in hong kong. With a background in journalism, leather has the knowledge, expertise and experience to write on subjects of international intrigue such as. 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. Stephen leather thriller author, novelist, and entrepreneur. Ive just finished reading stephen leather s online version of private dancer the sad downloadable book version of a farang falling in love with a bar girl from soi nana plaza in bangkok. Other books that spring to mind are chuck wows losing the plot stephen leather s private dancer and atomised by a french author whom i forget the name.
Sunday times bestselling author of more than sixty novels and creator of mi5 operative dan spider shepherd and supernatural detective jack. Stephen leather should be nestling in your bookshelves alongside. Excludes underwear, socks, hosiery, footwear and fashion accessories. Stephen leather film credits leather has written numerous screenplays for television shows and made for tv movies. I dont know if it was love at first sight, but it was pretty close. Private dancer, thailand, deutsche auflage leather, stephen isbn. Born in 1956, stephen leather is one of the most popular and renowned british thriller authors. Meanwhile, your local library can be a great help, too, thanks to a practice called interlibrary loan.
Private dancer by stephen leather is a book that was tremendously wellreceived in thailand. I question whether stephen leather has ever written a bad book in one of my recent. Stephen leather accused of cyberbullying by fellow thriller. Exclusions also apply to products supplied on the big w website by third party sellers, which can be identified by clicking on the sold by link on the product page. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Dan spider shepherd is the hero of the sunday times bestselling series written by stephen leather. Steve leather s fantastic private dancer, while fiction, is probably the best thing ever written about the farang oriented sector of the thailands naughty nightlife industry.
Read private dancer by stephen leather available from rakuten kobo. Private dancer a novel about love, betrayal and death in thailand. Do you read john grisham, and are you aware if he reads you. The standalone novel private dancer by stephen leather is about a man, pete, who meets a pole dancer named joy and falls in love. The books stephen leather the runner sally page is a junior secret service agent who maintains legends. Stephen was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as the times, the daily mail and the south china morning post in hong kong. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. Private dancer ebook by stephen leather 9781458073976. In a rollercoaster ride of sex, drugs, and deception. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading private dancer. This is a standalone novel by the talented stephen leather based in bangkok, thailand. Theyre cool for making rubbing and things with, even just for the texture.
Stephen leather is a bestselling british thrill writer who has published over thirty books. Spider shepherd by stephen leather 9781511708494 dymocks. Pete wanders into a bangkok gogo bar and meets the love of his life. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ici, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the inland revenue.
Hard landingsoft targethot blooddead menlive wirerough justicefair gamefalse friendstrue colourswhite liesblack ops. Private dancer, written by well known author stephen leather, is not available for sale, but available from this website and the authors as a free download. Two pageturning action thrillers from critically acclaimed australias leading bookseller for 141 years. Whether you are a thailand newbie, regular, or couldnt care less about thailand, this book is a fun engaging read that delves into the social circles of bangkoks nana plaza, its prostitutes, sex tourists, and expats. Stephen leather ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. At the end, leather indicates, that his publisher was unwilling to publish this one as it was to different from the thrillers that he usually writes. This page was last edited on 11 february 2020, at 03. Jan 12, 2016 stephen leather set up the site to smear me, but by mistake he included a redirect to another of his websites, about his series character dan spider. Stephen leather was born in manchester, and grew up in sale, he attended manchester grammar school. How to find that book youve spent years looking for utne reader. Your thoughts on books based in or around the kingdom of thailand be they fiction or nonfiction. The bookincludes a broad range of writings, some intended for public viewing and some private correspondence, all of which contend with the force of. The only predictable point in the book is the bit where some of the spoiler alert. Over five years or so, more than 40,000 copies were downloaded around the world.