title: False Friends (A Dan Shepherd Mystery)
author:  Stephen Leather 
description: 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<I>The Times</I>, the<I>Daily Mail</I>and the<I>South China Morning Post</I>in Hong Kong. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages and he has also written for television.<BR><BR>You can find out more from Stephen's website, www.stephenleather.com and his blog, www.stephenleather.blogspot.co.uk. You can also follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/stephenleather.
zlib_text: > > **A CHRISTMAS REUNION**
  
  > > A FRIENDS TO ENEMIES SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE
  
  > NIC STARR
  
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