The Stretch - Hardcover

Stephen Leather

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340770325 ISBN 13: 9780340770320

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000

Synopsis

When career criminal Terry Greene is sentenced to life for a murder he didn't commit, his wife has two choices: to walk away from the criminal empire he'd built up, or to take it over - to become as big a gangster as her husband. So far as Samantha "Sam" Greene is concerned, there is no choice. All the family's assets are tied up in the business, and the family means more to her than anything else. But being a gangland boss doesn't come easily to Sam - other criminals are trying to take over her husband's empire and she's not sure which of his friends she can trust. As she is drawn into a world of drug-dealing and counterfeit money, she realises for the first time the extent of her husband's activities. And she has two questions to answer - can she get her husband out of prison? And should she?

About this title

From the Publisher:

When career criminal Terry Green is sentenced to life for a murder he didn’t commit, his estranged wife has two options: walk away from the criminal empire he’s built, or take it over and become as big a gangster as her husband ever was. As far as Samantha “Sam” Greene is concerned, there’s no choice. All the family’s assets are tied up in the business, and family means more to her than anything. But being a gang boss doesn’t come easily to Sam, not when other criminals are trying to take over what’s left of her husband’s empire. As Sam gets drawn deeper into a world of drug–dealing and counterfeit money, she realizes, for the first time, the true extent of her husband’s illegal activities. And she has two burning questions to answer—can she get her husband out of jail? And should she?

About the Author:

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, an ebook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. He is one of the country's most successful ebook authors and his titles have topped the Amazon Kindle charts in the UK and the US. His bestsellers have been translated into fifteen languages and he has also written for television.

You can learn more from Stephen's website, www.stephenleather.com, find him on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/stephenleather.

Stephen also has a website for his Spider Shepherd series, www.danspidershepherd.com, and for his Jack Nightingale series, www.jacknightingale.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0340770325
• ISBN 13: 9780340770320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480