The Tunnel Rats by Stephen Leather (Epub)

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The bodies are brutally mutilated, an ace of spades impaled upon their chests. In Washington, a US senator receives photographs of the corpses. And realises that his past has come back to haunt him.

Nick Wright is the detective trying to solve the mystery of the double killing. His hunt for a motive takes him to the Vietnam, where the American tunnel rats fought the dirtiest battle of the war against the Viet Cong.

But his search places him in grave danger with a killer determined to protect the secrets of the tunnels. At whatever cost . . .

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User’s Reviews

From Publishers Weekly In Leather’s latest American release, British Transport Police Sergeant Nick Wright gets territorial when the mutilated body of an American news photographer turns up in an abandoned railroad tunnel. He’s resentful toward the Metropolitan police for getting involved, and likes it even less when the FBI joins the manhunt, but he hangs tenaciously to the case, despite being saddled with an alcoholic partner and a hatful of personal problems. When another body with identical mutilations is discovered in Bangkok, he begs permission to investigate that murder as well. By the time he discovers the connection between them, Wright is in over his head and too far in to back out. His only choice is to move deeper into danger, courting the vengeance of a spook from his past. Leather has a gift for making pages fly by as bodies pile up, tension builds and clues drop parsimoniously; effective, economical characterizations give the plot just enough depth to captivate readers without hampering the rapid-fire narrative.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review “Stephen Leather should be nestling in your bookshelves alongside Frederick Forsyth and Jack Higgins.” —Daily Mail

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⭐ I thought that I was current in my reading of Stephen Leather thrillers until I ran across THE TUNNEL RATS originally published way back in 1997. Sorry, Stephen, I guess I just lost focus somewhere between then and now.As the book opens in an unspecified “then”, eight Americans emerge from a network of underground tunnels beneath the jungle shortly before B-52s start to carpet bomb. One man is dead, one seriously injured, and all seven of the living seriously spooked.Fast forward to now. The body of a man viciously tortured to death, with an ace of spades impaled onto his chest with a knife, is discovered nailed to the wall of an abandoned railway tunnel in London. It’s British Transport Police jurisdiction, and BTP officers Nick Wright and Tommy Reid are put on the case.In Washington, D.C., Senator Dean Burrow, soon to be nominated to replace an ailing Vice-President, gets a UPS package containing a photograph of the London murder victim. Subsequently, Dean gets a second picture, this one of another man identically killed in Bangkok. The Senator, with a lot to lose if closeted skeletons are discovered, dispatches a trusted aide to tidy things up. The latter employs an ex-Special Forces killer who’s scary-good at his skills.The paths of Nick, the murderer, the hired killer, four-foot snakes, 6-inch centipedes, half-inch ants, and shiny black scorpions eventually cross in the abandoned Viet Cong tunnel network northwest of Saigon. Oh, and did I mention that Wright is severely claustrophobic?I’m awarding four stars to an otherwise riveting read because the potential for a too-good-to-pass-up “gotcha” ending is completely ignored. By page 200 of this 500-page book, I suspected the identity of the murderer; a fact later confirmed with over 150 pages to go. Even the chance for a “double gotcha” via the role of the hired killer is waived by the author. The reader is left to see only how the underground action between known antagonists plays out. Mind you, however, this is much better than good enough since the description of the tunnels and their unusual nature as a stage set make for an edge-of-your-seat read. Especially if you’re a claustrophobe with an active imagination.As an aside, those Stephen Leather aficionados who’ve kept up with his current Dan Shepherd series will be interested to see the relationship between this hero and his young son, Liam, perhaps start to conceptually evolve in the relationship between Nick and his boy, Sean.

⭐ This book really hit home for me as the core of it is based around a team of `Nam-vets who were stationed in and around the tunnels during the Vietnam war. I’m very fortunate enough to have visited a section of the tunnels in Cu Chi, even crawled through one, so having that as a base (I imagine) really helped me fully understand the extent of what they were going through.The story follows a series of murders around the world, investigated by British Transport Police initially and followed by FBI, fake-FBI, Thai authorities and more, ending up with a BTP sergeant, a hired assassin, the `Nam vets and the killer navigating their way through the tunnels in search of the truth. An awesome book for anyone who loves a good crime thriller.

⭐ A great plot, good strong charactersand well written. The last few chapters are guaranteed to make you sqirm. Ten Star Story.

⭐ Interesting change of a scenery for Stephen Leather. After having previously only read his urban jungle thrillers, I wasn’t sure what to expect of this one. A pleasant surprise, fast paced, enough plot twists to keep everyone happy, and a satisfying finale. A good read indeed.

⭐ I always enjoy Stephen Leathers books and this was typical of his style. Very well written and a top story slightly outside of the normal murder investigation formula.

⭐ I just finished this book, and I must say it was great. Stephen Leather keeps us in suspense right up to the last page. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, particularly Leather fans.

⭐ Not good, too bad. E.g. The chinaman was good book with new ideas, but this one is boring, characters are not working and the book is full of holes in the plot. Not recommended.

⭐ A another good book but Stephen Leather right to the end you were not sure what was going to happen .

⭐ A terrific book on Vietnam war and an eye opener full of action ,fast moving . A very good tale teller

⭐ Dragged at bit, but ok.

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