The Long Shot (Mike Cramer 2) by Stephen Leather (MOBI)

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The plan is so complex, the target so well protected that the three snipers have to rehearse the killing in the seclusion of the Arizona desert.

Cole Howard of the FBI knows he has only days to prevent the audacious assassination. But he doesn’t know who the target is. Or where the crack marksmen will strike.

Former SAS sergeant Mike Cramer is also on the trail, infiltrating the Irish community in New York as he tracks down Mary Hennessy, the ruthless killer who tore his life apart.

Unless Cramer and Howard agree to co-operate, the world will witness the most spectacular terrorist coup of all time . . .

User’s Reviews

Review ‘In the top rank of thriller writers’ — Jack Higgins ‘Leather can dispense high-adrenaline plotting but never at the expense of remembering that his characters are humans rather than Action Man dolls. In such books as THE LONG SHOT, the plot never pulls along wafer-thin characters in its trail, Dan Brown-style … It’s Shepherd’s pungently drawn personality that makes him such a memorable hero … The various storylines are orchetrated with precision and the steadily accelarating tension is maintained with assurance …’ — Barry Forshaw, Sunday Express –This text refers to the paperback edition.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ I liked it because it was involved but not confusing. Fast pace with likeable characters who are intelligent and in some cases sympathetic. Kept me interested. I like thrillers, real bad guys and good his. This has all of them in it. Like FBI books CIA.SAS, IRA, terrorist, helicopters, drunks, bars, cold blooded .murder, and heroism this is your next read.

⭐ Goodyear can thank the gods of serendipity that its airship wasn’t involved in this caper in which super terrorist Carlos the Jackal, the IRA, and two renegade ex-SEAL snipers team-up to cause international havoc at a Baltimore Orioles baseball game while being chased by the FBI, Secret Service, MI5, and an out-of-shape, former SAS non-com.THE LONG SHOT has two main protagonists, Special Agent Howard Cole of the FBI and former SAS Sergeant Mike “Joker” Cramer. The reader’s primary allegiance may perhaps become divided, though what the latter endures at the hands of the diabolical IRA torturer, Mary Hennessy, makes him #1 on my list of Tough Guys. Cole, like many American males, only has an insufferable father-in-law, a drinking problem, a less-than-supportive wife, and a backstabbing, ambitious subordinate. And speaking of Hennessy, her eventual end is way too easy and unsatisfying. (Mary’s persona makes me wonder whom author Stephen Leather subliminally used as her character model. An ex-wife or old girlfriend, perhaps?)Despite the relative implausibility of the plot and an improbable ending, involving a blimp and one of the Good Guys dangling from a helicopter, that was better suited to a Hollywood Big Screen SFX orgasm, THE LONG SHOT does provide suspenseful moments of above-average entertainment. However, Leather here, to my mind, departs from his usual forte, which is to place his chief protagonist in a smaller arena of conflict that has repercussions that are more personal than global. It’s this departure, and an overabundance of players, which makes this potboiler more standard fare than other Leather thrillers I’ve read. Stephen, I’m sorry, but three stars are the best I can manage. (But I’ll keep buying and reading your books!)

⭐ Takes up where “the Foreigner” left off, in the aftermath of the SAS shoot to kill program against the IRA. Set in the US, the FBI and Secret Service have indications that a team of assassins is working to kill someone, but the government doesn’t know who or where. The SAS is also looking for assassins in the US, and it becomes apparent that everyone may be looking for the same killers. The novel unfolds how the cats conduct the search as the mice try to hide. Very entertaining.

⭐ I recently reviewed a Stephen Leather book admittdley a short story and was quite critical of it. However having just read the long shot it is back to the thrilling pace of the majority of his novels in which there are at least two segments which come together seamlessly and this is one such story. However both segments are easy to follow to their conclusion. With this book he does leave an open for a continuance of one of the characters as he does in many of his books. For a man who is not ex special forces he certainly does his homework re weapons and setting the scenes for hjis action.

⭐ I have found Mr Leather because of the movie The Foreigner which was based on his novel The Chinaman. The movie was so good I just had to read the book. As usual, the book was so much better that I had to find more books by him. A very good story teller. I will be reading more.

⭐ Excellent writing, taut exciting plot…characters believable….can’t wait to read next book…originally got involved seeing film, The Foreigner…had to read book, The Chinaman…..film a must see thriller, par excellent performances for both Chan and Brosnahan.

⭐ It starts with a glimpse into something meant to be unseen then spends a fair amount of time filling in details from various sources until the picture becomes complete. Masterful storytelling with a purpose.

⭐ This is a great read. The main character is a former soldier “gone to seed”. It’s based on a premise that a person can get out of shape, drink too much, and still retain skills learned in the service and be a valuable asset to society.

⭐ Suspense, action, intrigue, revenge. All the ingredients you need for a classic thriller!! Great sequel, can’t wait to read the next installment.

⭐ This is a thriller with a twist, most enjoyable and a disappointment when the story is finished.The most enjoyable Stephen Leather book I have read till now.And once again the SAS made it happen.

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