The Birthday Girl by Stephen Leather - ISBN: 9780340660683
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Adopted daughter, trained killer: a deadly past resurfaces on her birthday.

The Birthday Girl

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    11 March 1996

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Summary

Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl, and the past is another country. Or so it seems.

But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman’s company is subject to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help. Whatever the risks.

The consequences of her actions are lethal, for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340660683
ISBN-10:0340660686
Author:Stephen Leather
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:11 March 1996
Weight:359g
Dimensions:178mm x 121mm x 33mm
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Critics Review

Praise for THE BIRTHDAY GIRL: ‘In the top rank of thriller writers’ – Jack Higgins ‘A whirlwind of action, suspense and vivid excitement’ – Irish Times ‘Scalpel-sharp suspense’ – Daily Telegraph

About The Author

Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather is one of the UK’s most successful thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London’s Burning, The Knock and the BBC’s Murder in Mind series and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were filmed for TV.

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