Spook Street: Slough House Thriller 4

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When former spook Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope passing between hands in a Marylebone cafe, he knows he's witnessed something important. When he relays those suspicions to a man who babysits retired spies, however, he sets off a chain of life-changing events. So it's Lamb they call to identify the body and hewill do whatever he thinks necessary, to protect an agent in peril . . In the morning, Howard headed out to go hiking in the Malvern Hills, and Herron and I boarded a train to Oxford. We sat at a laminated table, face to face, watching rain streak the windows as we sped through the sodden countryside. “See It, Say It, Sorted,” the signs above every door read, flashing green pixels.

Spook Street is written with a wry, sardonic wit that will make you laugh out loud as you are taken on a gripping thrill ride * Daily Express *Terrific . . .it’s a real pleasure to watch the super-smart if damaged Slough House agents rising to the occasion.” Spook Street is thoroughly gripping espionage, focused on intelligent plotting over action for its own sake—think le Carré, but with a heartier dash of dry humor.”

Droll, fast-paced, and with a cast of crazy characters, you wouldn’t want to work at Slough House but you certainly want to read about it.” Herron] does it all with a darkly deadpan humor that is as scathingly funny as it is irreverent. There’s no let up, no let down, it’s one hell of a tale told masterfully.” One of the cats appeared out of nowhere. Through the tunnel? There was much talk of the kittens, their kittenish ways. As they dig into the circumstances surrounding his death, they're drawn into a complex web of Cold War secrets people have died to protect.MyHome.ie (Opens in new window) • Top 1000 • The Gloss (Opens in new window) • Recruit Ireland (Opens in new window) • Irish Times Training (Opens in new window) I let others do the spade work.” He glanced at Marcus. “Just a phrase. Let’s not involve the thought police.”