Slough House #4
Soho Crime
March 2017
On Sale: February 21, 2017
320 pages ISBN: 161695647X EAN: 9781616956479 Kindle: B01G0GBFP6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known to few modern spies. David Cartwright isnโt a modern spy, however; heโs legend and a bonafide Cold War hero. Heโs also in his dotage and losing his mind to Alzheimerโs. His stories of โstotesโ hiding in the bushes, following his every move have been dismissed by friends and family for years. Cartwright may be losing track of reality but heโs certain about one thing: Old spooks don't go quietly and neither do the secrets they keep.
What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but donโt remember theyโre secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good? These are the questions River Cartwright must ask when his grandfather, a Cold Warโera operative, starts to forget to wear pants and begins to suspect everyone in his life has been sent by the Home Office to watch him.
But River has other things to worry about. A bomb has detonated in the middle of a busy shopping center and killed forty innocent civilians. The agents of Slough House have to figure out who is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates.
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