Spook StreetWhat happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but don’t remember they’re secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good? These are the paranoid concerns of David Cartwright, a Cold War–era operative and one-time head of MI5 who is sliding into dementia, and questions his grandson, River, must figure out answers to now that the spy who raised him has started to forget to wear pants. But River, himself an agent at Slough House, MI5’s outpost for disgraced spies, has other things to worry about. A bomb has detonated in the middle of a busy shopping center and killed forty innocent civilians. The “slow horses” of Slough House must figure out who is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates. |
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Claude Whelan was a short man with a high forehead and a pinched way of speaking: words issued from him as if in perforated sheets; his full stops almost audible. But his manner was generally pleasant, and informality the key to his ...
Claude Whelan was a short man with a high forehead and a pinched way of speaking: words issued from him as if in perforated sheets; his full stops almost audible. But his manner was generally pleasant, and informality the key to his ...
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Claude Whelan's breezy entrance may have made papers rustle, even blown one or two from unregarded shelves and cast them fluttering to the floor, but it hadn't caused locks to fall apart, or twisted handles on doors best left shut.
Claude Whelan's breezy entrance may have made papers rustle, even blown one or two from unregarded shelves and cast them fluttering to the floor, but it hadn't caused locks to fall apart, or twisted handles on doors best left shut.
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Claude Whelan took a sip of water from the glass on the table in front of him. Then said: “Another little taste of notoriety for Lucas Fairweather. Presumably he enjoyed the attention. But it's clear he had no idea what he and his ...
Claude Whelan took a sip of water from the glass on the table in front of him. Then said: “Another little taste of notoriety for Lucas Fairweather. Presumably he enjoyed the attention. But it's clear he had no idea what he and his ...
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This time round, one Claude Whelan, from over the river, where the intelligence weasels lived. She said, “Okay, Emma. It's a mess we don't need, butlet's not go to panic stations. If it's not on Twitter, the press'll never know it ...
This time round, one Claude Whelan, from over the river, where the intelligence weasels lived. She said, “Okay, Emma. It's a mess we don't need, butlet's not go to panic stations. If it's not on Twitter, the press'll never know it ...
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User Review - RonWelton - LibraryThingIn Mick Herron's Spook Street Slough House "was where they sent you when they wanted you to go away, but didn’t want to sack you in case you got litigious about it." To David Cartwright ... Read full review
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User Review - Ameise1 - LibraryThingThe fourth volume in the 'Slough House' series didn't disappoint either. Actually, all employees are on the sidelines and yet it is they who make British intelligence look old. This time, too, an ... Read full review
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| Title | Spook Street Volume 4 of Slough House |
| Author | Mick Herron |
| Publisher | Soho Press, 2017 |
| ISBN | 1616956488, 9781616956486 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage |
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