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 by the time it arrived the window displays would be redolent of lazy summer outings instead. In its almanac of images, on a page already turned, the new year had been 0 this was what springtime in London was like: the ...
... though by the time it arrived the window displays would be redolent of lazy summer outings instead. In its almanac of images, on a page already turned, the new year had been 0 this was what springtime in London was like: the ...
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on a page already turned, the new year had been represented by sledges and scarves and friendly robins, but reality made few compromises, and life this side of the windows bore little resemblance to that enjoyed by the mannequins.
on a page already turned, the new year had been represented by sledges and scarves and friendly robins, but reality made few compromises, and life this side of the windows bore little resemblance to that enjoyed by the mannequins.
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Moira, whose second day in Slough House this is, and who has yet to meet Jackson Lamb, has already decided she'll behaving a few sharp words with him when that event comes to pass. And while she is nodding vigorously at this thought the ...
Moira, whose second day in Slough House this is, and who has yet to meet Jackson Lamb, has already decided she'll behaving a few sharp words with him when that event comes to pass. And while she is nodding vigorously at this thought the ...
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Funny way to meet your grandson, already seven years old. River's mother's fault, he'd thought then, but such straightforward judgments seemed less clear now. He was tying his tie, as he had these thoughts; watching his hands in the ...
Funny way to meet your grandson, already seven years old. River's mother's fault, he'd thought then, but such straightforward judgments seemed less clear now. He was tying his tie, as he had these thoughts; watching his hands in the ...
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We've already got one of those. It's like River's being replaced.” Marcus said, “You have a weird way of looking at things.” “You wait and see. Then tell me I'm wrong.” She started banging at her keyboard again, her actual one, ...
We've already got one of those. It's like River's being replaced.” Marcus said, “You have a weird way of looking at things.” “You wait and see. Then tell me I'm wrong.” She started banging at her keyboard again, her actual one, ...
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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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