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Spook Street

by Mick Herron

Espionage, memory, and a looming attack

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Espionage, memory, and a looming attack

At the heart of Spook Street is a collision between private vulnerability and public danger. River Cartwright is balancing concern for his grandfather, David—a former MI5 chief whose dementia is affecting his memory—with an investigation into a deadly bombing. The setting links the intelligence service’s Cold War past to its present-day outpost for disgraced agents, Slough House, where River works alongside the “slow horses.” The novel’s espionage plot therefore turns on both the threat of further violence and the risks surrounding secrets that may no longer be remembered or protected.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in MI5, espionage, and intelligence-service settings.
  • Readers who enjoy crime plots involving terrorism investigations.
  • Readers drawn to stories that connect family concerns with national security.

Themes

Espionage and secrecyDementia and memoryFamily tiesTerrorism and public safety

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Book overview

A New York Times bestselling series

THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB.


What 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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