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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... 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.
... 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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Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all the building's occupants, he may be the one most obviously in tune with its rackety plumbing, being no stranger to internal gurglings and sudden warm belches himself, but for the moment his ...
Not in Jackson Lamb's room, for once of all the building's occupants, he may be the one most obviously in tune with its rackety plumbing, being no stranger to internal gurglings and sudden warm belches himself, but for the moment his ...
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“And we both know what being a suspect means.” “He's still got rights.” “Like those kids had? Tell their parents.” He was getting loud now, which they'd both got into the habit of not worrying about, Lamb not having been around lately.
“And we both know what being a suspect means.” “He's still got rights.” “Like those kids had? Tell their parents.” He was getting loud now, which they'd both got into the habit of not worrying about, Lamb not having been around lately.
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“He rats us out to Lamb, I'll rip it from his chin.” Probably a figure of speech, thought Shirley, but possibly a treat in store. Marcus being Marcus, it could go either way. Had he been aware that he was the subject of his ...
“He rats us out to Lamb, I'll rip it from his chin.” Probably a figure of speech, thought Shirley, but possibly a treat in store. Marcus being Marcus, it could go either way. Had he been aware that he was the subject of his ...
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Her office was on the top floor; it was the one vacated by her predecessor, and nearest Mr. Lamb's. The personal possessions Catherine Standish had left behind (her departure had been abrupt) were in a cardboard box, sealed with packing ...
Her office was on the top floor; it was the one vacated by her predecessor, and nearest Mr. Lamb's. The personal possessions Catherine Standish had left behind (her departure had been abrupt) were in a cardboard box, sealed with packing ...
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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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