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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... hand over their money, and bugger off. So when youth turned up in threes, carrying a black holdall, it was wise to suspect foul motives. Or at the very least, be prepared for high jinks. So Samit did a 360-degree scan, to discover two ...
... hand over their money, and bugger off. So when youth turned up in threes, carrying a black holdall, it was wise to suspect foul motives. Or at the very least, be prepared for high jinks. So Samit did a 360-degree scan, to discover two ...
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... hand to his mouth to disguise his reaction. This gesture helped shield his teeth, by which he was later identified. For the blast, when it came, left little intact. It shattered bone and pulverised mortality, and reduced all nearby life ...
... hand to his mouth to disguise his reaction. This gesture helped shield his teeth, by which he was later identified. For the blast, when it came, left little intact. It shattered bone and pulverised mortality, and reduced all nearby life ...
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... hand on his keyboard, and the screensaver vanished. “Not our agreed safety word, by the way.” “But you stopped anyway.” “What can I tell you? Getting soft.” A spreadsheet opened into view. Marcus couldn't immediately recall what it ...
... hand on his keyboard, and the screensaver vanished. “Not our agreed safety word, by the way.” “But you stopped anyway.” “What can I tell you? Getting soft.” A spreadsheet opened into view. Marcus couldn't immediately recall what it ...
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... hands up in mock-surrender: “You win, you win. I'll get the pointy-heads at the Park to loosen the purse-strings...” That struck the right note, he decided. If Lamb ever showed up, definitely the way to play it. Meanwhile, he cracked ...
... hands up in mock-surrender: “You win, you win. I'll get the pointy-heads at the Park to loosen the purse-strings...” That struck the right note, he decided. If Lamb ever showed up, definitely the way to play it. Meanwhile, he cracked ...
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... hand.This had clearly been beyond poor Catherine Standish, but once you let the bottle be your friend, you were letting yourself in for sorry times indeed. It had not escaped her that among the forms awaiting attention were Standish's ...
... hand.This had clearly been beyond poor Catherine Standish, but once you let the bottle be your friend, you were letting yourself in for sorry times indeed. It had not escaped her that among the forms awaiting attention were Standish's ...
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