Stephen Leather Books in Order

A rock star's family home becomes threatening after his children are born, prompting Jack Nightingale to investigate. The disturbance appears to resent their presence, and discovering the house's secret may put the supernatural detective himself in danger.

Severely injured during a rescue, firefighter Vicky Lewis moves into fire investigation and partners with veteran Des Farmer. Joining his unofficial inquiry into young women's deaths draws her toward a dangerous truth behind a series of suspicious fires.

A grieving widow believes her husband has returned from the dead, but she cannot tell whether he means to protect or harm her. Jack Nightingale investigates, seeking the truth behind an apparent reunion whose intentions remain frighteningly uncertain.

SAS soldier Matt Standing travels to Los Angeles to help a former Navy SEAL accused of murdering the Russian oligarch he guarded. Finding the real assassin and clearing his friend's name requires surviving the pursuit with Spider Shepherd's assistance.

Lex Harper enters the Golden Triangle on a covert mission to disrupt the heroin trade. When the operation backfires and the drug's consequences reach closer to home, his response becomes a pursuit of revenge across several countries.

Covert operative Richard Yokely works for Grey Fox, handling missions the White House wants hidden. A series of attacks on American schools suggests a former special-forces soldier has gone rogue, drawing Yokely into a hunt to stop the killer.

Spider Shepherd protects a teenage MI5 informant gathering evidence against violent drug dealers and a terrorist group. As threats against the boy intensify, Shepherd also learns that his son Liam faces lethal danger from the Serbian Mafia.

Detectives Harold Porter and Mohammed Salim Nasri investigate a body found in a mosque's prayer hall. Their differing perspectives complicate the partnership, while MI5 scrutiny and links to extremism threaten to turn the murder case into a wider crisis in London.

Hitman Lex Harper travels to Bolivia to rescue an old friend imprisoned in a violent jail. Entering the prison means exposing himself to brutal guards and inmates, with no guarantee he can get either of them out alive.

MI5 sends Spider Shepherd to the Syrian border to assess women seeking return to Britain. Escorting a bombmaker's wife home in exchange for intelligence becomes dangerous when hostile forces begin following them across Turkey.

Junior MI5 agent Sally Page maintains the false identities used by spies. When she returns from a coffee run to find her colleagues murdered, she must use those invented lives to escape unidentified pursuers and discover why her bosses cannot protect her.

Malee arrives in London to earn money through sex work and support her son, but the Covid lockdown disrupts her plans. Russian gangsters force her to work for them under threat of death, turning her search for security into a struggle to survive.

A failed counterterrorism operation and a deadly bombing suggest someone inside MI5 is pursuing a hidden agenda. Spider Shepherd tracks the rogue agent from London to Turkey and Dubai while his superiors press him to carry out retaliation.

Former serial killers Billy and Charlie spend their old age in a bleak Blackpool nursing home, dwelling on past murders. The arrival of Archie revives their enthusiasm and brings the possibility of killing again into their apparently quiet final years.

Jack Nightingale investigates targeted murders carried out by corpses returning to life in New Orleans. Tracing the attacks to voodoo reveals a plan disturbing even Hell's devils, while darker forces begin targeting his own life and soul.

After the Soviet Union collapses, Dan Shepherd’s SAS team secretly trains Belarusian partisans against an impending Russian attack. A series of assassinations complicates their mission as they uncover a plot against President Boris Yeltsin.

British doctor Raj Patel is mistakenly abducted while treating casualties in Syria and taken to an American estate. A billionaire seeking revenge plans to hunt terrorist captives there, leaving Raj to fight for survival against men who refuse to recognize their mistake.

A serial killer uses the brutal execution methods of historical witchfinders, apparently seeking revenge for events four centuries ago. Jack Nightingale investigates the murders, then discovers that he and Jenny are among the intended victims.

Spider Shepherd hunts jihadists planning to assassinate Britain's prime minister, including a man he helped evacuate from Afghanistan. Finding whoever directs the plot becomes urgent as his past rescue places both the target's life and Shepherd's reputation at risk.

Someone in Las Vegas uses occult powers to carry out paid killings anywhere in the world. Jack Nightingale investigates, but locating the murderer requires offering himself as bait and gambling his survival on drawing the killer into the open.

Jack Nightingale crosses into Mexico, where violent criminal enterprises conceal an even darker threat. The former London policeman discovers a supernatural evil hunting an extraordinary immortal soul, drawing him into dangers beyond the human villains he once pursued.

SAS soldier Matt Standing is ordered to kill former colleague Ryan French, now a hired assassin. A past mistake leaves Standing little choice as he tracks French through California's cannabis country, where rival criminal groups create additional dangers.

An Iranian defector returns home carrying vital intelligence equipment, prompting a covert recovery mission. Richard Yokely must capture him and retrieve the technology for Grey Fox before the theft contributes to an international crisis that could lead to war.

As the twentieth century ends, Dan Shepherd leads an SAS team into Lithuania and Kaliningrad to counter Russian operations. Their campaign of sabotage and assassination provokes resistance that threatens to overwhelm their covert mission.

When terrorists in Mali capture a British helicopter crew, Dan Shepherd learns his son is among the hostages. He joins an SAS rescue mission while a dangerous prison investigation threatens hundreds of other lives.

When an SAS soldier’s apparent suicide in Thailand raises doubts, his twin brother asks Matt Standing to investigate. An attack leaves Standing pursuing the truth alone, using his jungle skills against enemies determined to silence him.

Marianne kills to avenge a wrong that has haunted her for years. When powerful forces try to commandeer her skills for their own purposes, they underestimate a secret capable of turning their plans against them.

After losing his daughters in an attack in Israel, MI5 analyst David White is rescued from captivity by Dan Shepherd. Back in London, White pursues murderous revenge, leaving Shepherd responsible for stopping the man he saved.

Sent to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion, Matt Standing and his SAS team confront mercenary atrocities. MI6 changes their mission to assassinating the Russian president, forcing them to attempt an operation that seems impossible.

Jack Nightingale intervenes in a Houston killing spree, but further massacres reveal young women acting under a demon’s influence. To stop the orchestrated violence, the supernatural investigator must place his own soul at risk against the power directing it.

Professional assassins working for Iran bring their campaign of killings to London. MI5 sends Dan Shepherd to infiltrate their organization and expose its leader, forcing him to test how far he will go to destroy it.

A man wakes in hospital with no memory and learns police found a corpse in his car. Unable to explain what happened, he must decide whether to trust a mysterious woman offering him a way out.

A century-old Chicago contract killer owes his long life to a demon and repays it through murder. Jack Nightingale must stop him before his patron turns the city into a foothold for Hell, risking more than survival.

A vigilante group broadcasts punishments of criminals who escaped prosecution, winning widespread support. Assigned to shut it down, Dan Shepherd discovers hidden backers whose ambitions threaten far more than individual offenders or the justice system.

Former SAS soldier Andy Bird lives on London’s streets with his dog after losing his hearing and career. Witnessing a murder makes them targets, forcing Andy to seek old comrades’ help against a dangerous criminal conspiracy.

A massacre in London’s Chinatown triggers an international crisis and implicates Dan Shepherd’s boss. Convinced the evidence is fabricated, Shepherd investigates a technology billionaire whose artificial intelligence may be manipulating British democracy and the struggle over Taiwan.