We take it in turns," said Louisa. - conversation between new 'Head Dog' Emma Flyte and Slough House's Louisa Guy.

In the unlikely event you haven't tried the Slough House series I urge you to read one as soon as you can. Herron's irreverent Slough House series breathes new life into the spying and espionage genre. But it wasn’t until he began tying up some of the threads so I could see why he digressed that I got fascinated again. More action, more surprises (and yes, more banter and character development), and all-in-all, another great read in the series.Don’t you people ever talk about bloody axes and fingerprints and serial killers?” I asked, disappointed. Over at Slough House, the agents are excelling at their specialty – complicating an already difficult situation. There’s a Donald Trump Junior?” Lamb asks, incredulous. “And just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse.” Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge are the odd couple, though they’re not even a couple. She was in comms at The Park before she laid out a co-worker, and also has addiction issues. He used to break down doors and carry a gun before his gambling problems compromised him.

Finally, the long reign of Ingrid Tearney as head of MI5 has ended and for the first time we see a male First Desk in action. Claude Whelan goes through the five stages of grief as he starts to come to terms with the realities of being the one in charge of MI5. If you choose to read Spook Street and have not read other Slough House books, please start at the beginning of the series because you will lose much if you do not.Spook Street opens with a bang when a bomb explodes at Westacres shopping centre killing a flash mob of dozens of teenagers while they were dancing and singing, “Living for the sunshine”, a typically wry observation from Herron.