{"product_id":"spook-street-paperback","title":"Spook Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but don't remember they're secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are the paranoid concerns of David Cartwright, a Cold War-era operative and one-time head of MI5 who is sliding into dementia, and questions his grandson, River, must figure out answers to now that the spy who raised him has started to forget to wear pants. But River, himself an agent at Slough House, MI5's outpost for disgraced spies, has other things to worry about. A bomb has detonated in the middle of a busy shopping center and killed forty innocent civilians. The \"slow horses\" of Slough House must figure out who is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. He is the author of six books in the Slough House series (\u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReal Tigers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpook Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novella \u003ci\u003eThe List\u003c\/i\u003e) and four Oxford mysteries (\u003ci\u003eDown Cemetery Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Voice You Hear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Die\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmoke and Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as the standalone novels \u003ci\u003eReconstruction, \u003ci\u003eNobody Walks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Is What Happened\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700975636543,"sku":"9781616958695","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/eab2a669faa6afe70fc911f842d0c73c.webp?v=1765018880","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spook-street-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}