Direct Action (Spider Shepherd #23)

Direct Action (Spider Shepherd #23) by Stephen Leather is a Thriller release out on May 30, 2026.

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Direct Action (Spider Shepherd #23)

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Direct Action (Spider Shepherd #23) Release Date: May 30, 2026

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Violent criminals are walking free across the country, the result of sharp-suited defence lawyers and soft-touch judges. The British justice system is falling part and the public have had enough.

Into that anger step the New Crusaders, a shadowy group that hunts down offenders who have slipped through the net and delivers their own brand of punishment live across social media to millions of cheering followers. To some, they’re heroes. To the government, they’re terrorists.

Dan “Spider” Shepherd of MI5 is brought in to shut them down.But as Shepherd digs deeper, he uncovers a far more dangerous truth: the New Crusaders aren’t driven by justice. They’re being steered by hidden forces with an agenda that has nothing to do with punishment – and everything to do with tearing the country apart.

If Shepherd fails, it won’t just be the rule of law that collapses.

It will be the country itself.

Praise for Stephen Leather:

He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real. – Daily Mail

Let Spider draw you into his web, you won’t regret it. – Sun

The sheer impetus of his storytelling is damned hard to resist. – Daily Express

A master of the thriller genre. – Irish Times

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