Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents whoβve screwed up a case in any number of waysβby leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Cartwright, one such βslow horse,β is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations.
When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
Is the victim who he first appears to be? And whatβs the kidnappersβ connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone has his own agenda.
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