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1529327318 
Book The drop & The list: two Slough House novellas; Mick Herron
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: THRILLER
Category: Fiction
Publisher: John Murray, 2019
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781529327311
Notes:
'The Drop' - Old 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. 'The List' - Dieter 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.
Extent: 208 pages, 20 cm, pbk
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Classic Herron in brief. Give it a read!
05/03/21
Titles by the Same Author
1473657482 
Book 
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: 2019 'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.' In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process. Meanwhile, in Regent's Park, Diana Taverner's tenure as First Desk is running into difficulties. If she's going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar old devil. And with winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible breaks cover at last, Lamb sends the slow horses out to even thescore.
344 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
BX00124520 
Large print
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Large print
Publisher: ISIS
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Standard print edition originally published: London: John Murray, 2018 26-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in the huge city of London, with no family but an estranged sister, no boyfriend or partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to infiltrate the establishment and thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero - if she can think quickly enough to stay alive.
272 pages (large print) ; 24 cm (pbk)
1529378664 
Book
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for. Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried they've been pushed further into the cold. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew are feeling paranoid. But have they actually been targeted?
309 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
1473646979 
Book
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Constable, 2003 When a neighbouring house is destroyed by what is said to be a gas leak, and a child disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker - a young married woman, bored and unhappy with her life - becomes obsessed with trying to find her.
352 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
Lost momentum two thirds of the way through so did not finish it.
21/05/22
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1473647002 
Book
Year: 2020
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Constable, 2004 Zoe Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoe wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline's boss is persistent, and as Zoe attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she's never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he's found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralysing fear?
329 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
1785417266 
Large print
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Large print
Publisher: ISIS
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Standard print edition originally published: London: John Murray, 2018 'London Rules' might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions himself: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten; from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print; from the PM's favourite Muslim, who's about to be elected mayor of the West Midlands, despite the dark secret he's hiding; and especially from his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner, who's alert for Claude's every stumble. Meanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks, and someone's trying to kill Roddy Ho.
80 pages (large print) ; 24 cm (hbk)
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1473647088 
Book 
Year: 2019
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: London: Constable, 2008 When a man with a gun breaks into her school, nursery teacher Louise Kennedy knows there's not likely to be a happy ending. But Jaime isn't there on a homicidal whim, and is as scared as the hostages he's taken.
360 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
1473647126 
Book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Type: Book
Publisher: Baskerville
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Originally published: New York: Soho Crime, 2015 Set in the same fictional London as his 'Slough House' series, Mick Herron now introduces Tom Bettany, an ex-spook with a violent past and only one thing to live for - avenging his son's death.
281 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
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1529371260 
Book
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Content type: Short story
Publisher: John Murray
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: When a wife leaves her husband under suspicious circumstances, he sets off in search for her, unprepared for the guilty secrets he's about to drag back into the light. A man is tempted by a luxury apartment with a top-of-the-range kitchen. But there is a heavy price to pay for this glamorous new life. A couple go on a hike through the Derbyshire countryside, to ignore the fact their marriage is on the rocks. And there is a peek into the past of Jackson Lamb, the boss of Slough House, as well as stories featuring the shrewd detective Zoe Boehm and her hapless partner Joe Silvermann. 'Dolphin Junction' displays Herron's craft for deftly plotted storytelling, dark wit, and memorable twists.
266 pages ; 23 cm (hbk)
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1785416359 
Large print
Year: 2018
Language: English
Type: Large print
Publisher: ISIS
Physical or Electronic: Physical
Note: Standard print edition originally published: London: John Murray, 2016 London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their careers pushing paper. But when one of these fallen spies is kidnapped by a former soldier bent on revenge, the agents must breach the defenses of Regent's Park to steal valuable intel in exchange for their comrade's safety. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg, however, as the agents uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves not only a group of private mercenaries, but also the highest authorities in the Security Service. After years spent as the lowest on the totem pole, the spies suddenly find themselves caught in the midst of a conspiracy that threatens not only the future of Slough House, but of MI5 itself.
1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm (hbk)
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