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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... worth, though on this cold January morning, two days after an appalling act at Westacres shopping centre claimed upwards offorty lives, other noises can be heard in Slough House. Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all.
... worth, though on this cold January morning, two days after an appalling act at Westacres shopping centre claimed upwards offorty lives, other noises can be heard in Slough House. Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all.
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Mick Herron. House. Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all the building's occupants, he may be the one most ... Lamb, whose mania for order has some way to go before it might be classed as neurotic, or even observable.There are many ...
Mick Herron. House. Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all the building's occupants, he may be the one most ... Lamb, whose mania for order has some way to go before it might be classed as neurotic, or even observable.There are many ...
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... Lamb's. The personal possessions Catherine Standish had left behind (her departure had been abrupt) were in a cardboard box, sealed with packing tape: her non-official-issue pens, a glass paperweight; a full bottle of whisky, wrapped in ...
... Lamb's. The personal possessions Catherine Standish had left behind (her departure had been abrupt) were in a cardboard box, sealed with packing tape: her non-official-issue pens, a glass paperweight; a full bottle of whisky, wrapped in ...
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... Lamb's office, which has overcome its top-floor location to assert a natural inclination towards cellardom. Dankness is its signature odour, with notes of stale flatulence and mouldy bread. A suspicious mind might even conjecture that ...
... Lamb's office, which has overcome its top-floor location to assert a natural inclination towards cellardom. Dankness is its signature odour, with notes of stale flatulence and mouldy bread. A suspicious mind might even conjecture that ...
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... Lamb's invited the Moira to lunch?" “The Moira” was what they'd taken to calling her; one of those unplanned habits that foster relationships. River said, “He might have been pulling her leg.” “Cruel, even for Lamb.” “I dunno. Actually ...
... Lamb's invited the Moira to lunch?" “The Moira” was what they'd taken to calling her; one of those unplanned habits that foster relationships. River said, “He might have been pulling her leg.” “Cruel, even for Lamb.” “I dunno. Actually ...
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