Two Slough House NovellasTHE DROP'It is time Mick Herron was recognised in his own right as the best thriller writer in Britain today'Sunday ExpressOld spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones,and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone cafe,he knows he's witnessed more than an innocent encounter. But in relaying his suspicions to John Bachelor,who babysits retired spies like Solly,he sets in train events which will alter lives. Bachelor himself,a hair's breadth away from sleeping in his car,is clawing his way back to stability; Hannah Weiss,the double agent whose recruitment was his only success,is starting to enjoy the secrets and lies her role demands; and Lech Wicinski,an Intelligence Service analyst,finds that a simple favour for an old acquaintance might derail his career. Meanwhile,Lady Di Taverner is trying to keep the Service on an even keel,and if that means throwing the odd crew member overboard,well: collateral damage is her speciality.A drop,in spook parlance,is the passing on of secret information.It's also what happens just before you hit the ground.THE LIST'Mick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet,you NEED to'Mark BillinghamDieter Hess,an aged spy,is dead,and John Bachelor,his MI5 handler,is in deep,deep trouble. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank account - and there's only ever one reason a spy has a secret second bank account. The question of whether he was a double agent must be resolved,and its answer may undo an entire career's worth of spy secrets.previously published as two separate editions
Publisher: John Murray PressISBN: 9781529327311Number of pages: 208Weight: 180 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 20 mm
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The new king of the spy thriller - Mail on Sunday
The new spy master - Evening StandardIt's all sheer fun. Herron is spy fiction's great humorist,mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant,witty prose - The TimesMick Herron is the John le Carre of our generation - Val McDermidMick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet,you NEED to - Mark BillinghamMick Herron
Kicking off with 2010's Slow Horses,Mick Herron's Slough House series has lit a match under the British spy genre. With its world-wary coterie of misfits and starring the cunning Jackson Lamb,Herron is now at the front rank of espionage fiction and considered by many to be the true spiritual successor to Len Deighton.
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