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Standing by the wall : the collected Slough House novellas / Mick Herron.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Herron Slough Suppl.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herron, Mick, author.
- Series:
- Herron, Mick. Slough house
- [Slough House]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. MI5--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Intelligence service--Great Britain--Fiction.
- Intelligence service.
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Fiction.
- Intelligence officers.
- Secrecy--Fiction.
- Secrecy.
- Spy stories.
- Genre:
- Spy fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Novellas.
- Physical Description:
- 279, 14 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Soho Crime, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Espionage. Subterfuge. Blackmail. Mystery. Humor. Revenge. Failure. Success. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, the books that inspired Slow Horses from Apple TV+. For fans new and old, Standing by the Wall is both an excellent introduction to the extended literary universe of Mick Herron and an immersive expansion of said universe. Meet more bad spies and even worse detectives. Race against time to solve mysteries with no easy conclusion. And understand the origins of Jackson Lamb, Mick Herron's most enigmatic, controversial character. The five novellas in this collection-including one never-before-published look into the past of Slough House-show Mick Herron as the undisputed masterof the modern spy narrative, staying true to the classics of the genre while updating the form for a whole new generation of espionage readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Espionage. Subterfuge. Blackmail. Mystery. Humor. Revenge. Failure. Success. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, the books that inspired Slow Horses from Apple TV+. For fans new and old, Standing by the Wall is both an excellent introduction to the extended literary universe of Mick Herron and an immersive expansion of said universe. Meet more bad spies and even worse detectives. Race against time to solve mysteries with no easy conclusion. And understand the origins of Jackson Lamb, Mick Herron's most enigmatic, controversial character. The five novellas in this collection-including one never-before-published look into the past of Slough House-show Mick Herron as the undisputed master of the modern spy narrative, staying true to the classics of the genre while updating the form for a whole new generation of espionage readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The list
- The Marylebone drop
- The catch
- The last dead letter
- Standing by the wall.
- Notes:
- The last dead letter first published in Slow Horses, 10th anniversary edition.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- Contains:
- List.
- Maryleborne drop.
- Catch.
- Herron, Mick. List.
- Herron, Mick. Maryleborne drop.
- Herron, Mick. Catch.
- Marleborne drop.
- ISBN:
- 9781641295031
- 1641295031
- OCLC:
- 1336408958
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