Dead lions
Herron, Mick2013
Book
London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their washed-up careers. Maybe they messed up an op badly and can't be trusted anymore. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle--not unusual in this line of work. But they have one thing in common: they all want to be back in the action. And they'll do anything to get there--even if it means cooperating with one another. Now they have a chance at redemption. An old Cold War-era spy is found dead on a bus outside Oxford, far from his usual haunts. Slough House's head honcho, the despicable, irascible Jackson Lamb, is convinced Dickie Bow was murdered. As the agents dig into the circumstances, they uncover a shadowy tangle of ancient Cold War secrets that seem to lead back to a man named Alexander Popov, who is either a Soviet bogeyman or the most dangerous man in the world. How many more people will have to die to keep those secrets buried? - from cover p. [2]
Main title:
Dead lions / Mick Herron.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
New York, NY : Soho Press, c2013.New York, NY : Soho Press, c2013.
Collation:
347 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
9781399805438 (pbk)
Shelving notes:
30251 0000097314 1 17-11-2013 99 This year's winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger is about a group of washed-up MI5 spies who collaborate to solve the mysterious death of one of their colleagues, uncovering Cold War secrets in the process. nyctro 18-11-2013 7
ISBN:
97816169522599781616955144
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6108.E77
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
134092
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