Standing by the wall : the collected Slough House novellas / Mick Herron.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781641295031
- ISBN: 1641295031
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Publisher: New York : Soho Crime, [2022]
Content descriptions
General Note: | The last dead letter first published in Slow Horses, 10th anniversary edition. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The list -- The Marylebone drop -- The catch -- The last dead letter -- Standing by the wall. |
Summary, etc.: | "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. |
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Genre: | Spy fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Novellas. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon.
Holds
- 3 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC HER Slough House (Text) | 33430152323473 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/12/2024 |
Standing by the Wall: the Collected Slough House Novellas
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Standing by the Wall: the Collected Slough House Novellas
At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-published Christmas interlude Standing by the Wall. Espionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Slapstick. State secrets dating back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of Slow Horses. From the troubled recruitment of a new MI5 informant to a botched information transfer, Herron's novellas capture the drama, humor, and high stakes of everyday life in the world of spycraft, a world rife with both legends and secrets, where thrill-seeking and loneliness are ubiquitous and deadly, and where the lines between friends, enemies, and lovers are perpetually blurred by circumstance and subterfuge. For fans new and old, Standing by the Wall is an excellent introduction to the extended literary universe of Mick Herron's Slow Horses . Collection includes: The List , The Marylebone Drop , The Catch , The Last Dead Letter , and Standing by the Wall .