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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User Review - BrianEWilliams - www.librarything.comThe story lags at the beginning but it picks up as the suspense builds after the first third of the book. By the end it becomes a fast-paced chase thriller. What is best about "Spook Street" is ... Read full review
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User Review - Eyejaybee - LibraryThingMick Herron’s series of espionage novels featuring Jackson Lamb and his team of ‘slow horses’ goes from strength to glorious strength. The ‘slow horses’ are intelligence officers who have been cast ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 7 |
Section 3 | 35 |
Section 4 | 50 |
Section 5 | 70 |
Section 6 | 87 |
Section 7 | 109 |
Section 8 | 129 |
Section 10 | 165 |
Section 11 | 185 |
Section 12 | 202 |
Section 13 | 217 |
Section 14 | 237 |
Section 15 | 256 |
Section 16 | 273 |
Section 17 | 291 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Spook Street Book 4 of Slough House, Mick Herron |
| Author | Mick Herron |
| Publisher | Soho Press, 2017 |
| ISBN | 161695647X, 9781616956479 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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