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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... someone she knew would pay cash for an unprovenanced stone; not a fortune—daylight robbery, even—but that was an irony she could appreciate, and he could presumably guess at. Lumped together with her scraps of savings, it was enough for ...
... someone she knew would pay cash for an unprovenanced stone; not a fortune—daylight robbery, even—but that was an irony she could appreciate, and he could presumably guess at. Lumped together with her scraps of savings, it was enough for ...
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... someone'll come to the door and he'll shoot them.” From the train window River looked out on London's dark edges and thought about his mother. He didn't do this often.They spoke on the phone occasionally, usually while she was abroad ...
... someone'll come to the door and he'll shoot them.” From the train window River looked out on London's dark edges and thought about his mother. He didn't do this often.They spoke on the phone occasionally, usually while she was abroad ...
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... Nothing more frightening, to someone who'd lived by his wits, than to be slowly losing them. And there was a dilemma for you, River thought drily. Could you do what he wanted, even though it would destroy 4 4 M I C K H E R R O N.
... Nothing more frightening, to someone who'd lived by his wits, than to be slowly losing them. And there was a dilemma for you, River thought drily. Could you do what he wanted, even though it would destroy 4 4 M I C K H E R R O N.
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... someone the neighbours checked on; popping a head round the door “to make sure you're all right,” meaning not dead yet. He wasn't dead yet. He rose and went into the hallway.Through the front door's pebbled glass he could make out a ...
... someone the neighbours checked on; popping a head round the door “to make sure you're all right,” meaning not dead yet. He wasn't dead yet. He rose and went into the hallway.Through the front door's pebbled glass he could make out a ...
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... someone into your life. River Cartwright had been bone of his bone, the warm glow of his heart, since the boy was seven. And would they dare send an imposter to his home if the real River was at liberty, or even alive? “Grandfather ...
... someone into your life. River Cartwright had been bone of his bone, the warm glow of his heart, since the boy was seven. And would they dare send an imposter to his home if the real River was at liberty, or even alive? “Grandfather ...
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