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The Double Tap (Paperback)

by Stephen Leather (Author)
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  • Paperback: 508 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; 2 edition (1 Jan 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340628391
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340628393
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,176 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘In the top rank of thriller writers’ - Jack Higgins

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‘In the top rank of thriller writers’ (Jack Higgins )

‘Stephen Leather should be nestling in your bookshelves alongside Frederick Forsyth and Jack Higgins’ – Daily Mail

'A fine tale, brilliantly told'

(Oxford Times on THE DOUBLE TAP )

'Leather, a former journalist, can dispense high-adrenaline plotting but never at the expense of remembering that his characters are humans rather than Action Dolls.'

(Sunday Express )

'Reading Stephen Leather at leisure is always a pleasure.'

(Ireland on Sunday )

'Stephen Leather's novel manages to put a contemporary spin on a timeless tale of revenge and retribution. . . Leather's experience as a journalist brings a sturdy, gritty element to a tale of horror . . . which makes The Eyewitness a compelling read' - Evening Herald, Dublin

‘As high-tech and as world-class as the thriller genre gets’ - Express on Sunday on The Bombmaker

‘A whirlwind of action, suspense and vivid excitement’ - Irish Times on The Birthday Girl

‘Exciting stuff with plenty of heart-palpitating action gingered up by mystery and intrigue . . . Leather is an intelligent thriller writer’ - Daily Mail on The Tunnel Rats

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tough Guy goes down swinging, 16 Jan 2006
By Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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In a previous Stephen Leather thriller, THE LONG SHOT, ex-SAS Sergeant Mike Cramer is instrumental in foiling an assassination plot against the U.S. President and the British Prime Minister. Along the way, he's horrifically tortured by a fiendish, female, IRA terrorist in a manner that would have broken lesser literary and cinematic tough guys. But Cramer prevails.

Here, in THE DOUBLE TAP, Cramer is dying of stomach cancer. Wishing to go out fighting, he volunteers to act as the bait to entrap and liquidate a faceless international hit man that attracts the attention of the SAS after he kills a friend of the Prime Minister, who demands action. Thus, Mike assumes the identity of a reclusive millionaire businessman known to be on the assassin's short hit list. With the help of SAS trainers, Cramer practices quick-draw techniques in the hope that he can swiftly out-gun the Bad Guy, who specializes in double taps, i.e., a first shot to the head and a second to the chest close-up with a hand gun. Unknown to Cramer and the SAS, however, the former has another predator on his track, IRA soldier Dermott Lynch, out to avenge the execution of his wife, an IRA bomber, years before during an SAS raid on an IRA safe house in which Sergeant Cramer participated. Who'll get to Mike first?

THE DOUBLE TAP is decidedly better than THE LONG SHOT. In the latter, Cramer shared hero duties with an FBI agent, and, consequently, readers' loyalties might understandably be divided. Moreover, the potential repercussions of THE LONG SHOT were more international than personal, and the plot as a whole consequently perhaps less engaging. Leather remedies both shortcomings here with a leaner and meaner plot while at the same time providing a clever end-game twist that fools Mike and his SAS controller.

It's a shame Leather thought it necessary terminate Cramer's career. One can only hope that he was buried with all due honors in the parallel universe of literary fiction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Thriller, 26 Jul 2007
By Scottish Dave (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
  
This is the second Leather novel I have read and I plan to continue reading them!

The story centres around an ex-SAS soldier dying of cancer who is convinced to come out of retirement to act as a decoy for a deadly assassin. However, unknown to him, he is also being targeted but IRA terrorists who are out for revenge.

The Double Tap is an excellent thriller. The characters are all very strong throughout. There's an interesting study of British/Irish Nationalist politics (not the first in a Leather novel), the story is fast paced with lots of twists and turns. This 500 page thriller is an excellent read and I look forward to future Leather novels!

9/10
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well written , exciting thriller, 5 Oct 2001
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Being what I consider a moderate and tolerant person from Northern Ireland I was surprised and pleased at the way in which this author dealt with the subject of terrorism it would have been easy to offend some people but he manages to tread the line skilfully. He has also produced a first class thriller where seriously ill ex SAS man Mike Cramer is used as bait to attract a killer. Well written as I said and I will definitely be trying more books from this author
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good early Leather adventure
I have enjoyed the Spider Shephard collection and have now sampled some of the earlier novels from Leather, this one including his ex-SAS hero Cramer. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Clive

2.0 out of 5 stars Goody has to stop Baddy
A poor book.I really enjoyed The Chinaman and The Stretch both had originality.I feel this was just a churned out filler to satisfy the publishers desires inbetween writng better... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2002 by griffer@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb fast paced thriller
This is my first Stephen Leather book but definitely it's not going to be my last. Mr. Leather obviously knows how to bring together the details that make an enjoyable thriller... Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars It took my breath away!
Stephen Leather happens to be my favourite thriller writer,only because his narrative never gets in the way of 'speed-reading'. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Stephen Leather at his best
For anyone who has not read the Long Shot, I would recommend that first! Mike Cramer is back and dying of cancer. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A top notch-thriller
If you've read The Chinaman and The Long Shot which were excellent, then you owe it to yourself to read this book, more so if you've enjoyed the characters like (Joker) Mike... Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2000 by Alfred J. Pau

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