{"id":3057,"date":"2024-10-31T08:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T08:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:48:06","slug":"standing-alone-by-stephen-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3057","title":{"rendered":"Standing Alone by Stephen\u00a0Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Standing Alone is a Matt Standing thriller from the bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240129_091037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240129_091037.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4553\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Standing Alone by Stephen Leather &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What makes a good man become an assassin?<\/strong><br><br>A Navy SEAL has gone rogue, selling his skills to the highest bidder as a professional assassin. Ryan French no longer cares who he kills so long as the price is right. His former bosses want him taken down, but they\u2019re not prepared to get their hands dirty so they need a Brit to do the job.<br><br>SAS trooper Matt \u201cLastman\u201d Standing is a lethal killing machine with experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Plus he\u2019s worked with French in the past. It\u2019s not a mission he wants, but Standing made a bad choice in his past and it has come back to haunt him. Now he\u2019s hunting French in the lawless Wild West forests of Humboldt County, where the US produces most of its legal \u2013 and illegal \u2013 cannabis.<br><br>But French isn\u2019t the only predator in the wilderness \u2013 there are Mexican cartels, Russian Mafia and Hungarian gangsters \u2013 and Standing has to overcome them all to get to his target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing Alone is available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3A0NtaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781529367508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The City Adventurers Solve The Murder bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The City Adventurers love reading about mystery,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>so we\u2019ve started our own book club.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/solve-the-murder-book-club.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/solve-the-murder-book-club.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4524\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/b76ee331c544\/qeywp1mv7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join the Solve The Murder Book Club<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing Alone is a Matt Standing thriller from the bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. 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