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.