The Drop - A Slough House Novella - Mick Herron

Category: Adults, Crime, Short Story, Thriller
Language: English
Keywords: Slough House Slow Horses

Written by Mick Herron
Read by Sean Barrett
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Book 5.5 in the Slough House series.

Summary:

Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone café, he knows he’s witnessed more than an innocent encounter. But in relaying his suspicions to John Bachelor, who babysits retired spies like Solly, he sets in train events which will alter lives. Bachelor himself, a hair’s breadth away from sleeping in his car, is clawing his way back to stability; Hannah Weiss, the double agent whose recruitment was his only success, is starting to enjoy the secrets and lies her role demands; and Lech Wicinski, an Intelligence Service analyst, finds that a simple favour for an old acquaintance might derail his career.

Meanwhile, Lady Di Taverner is trying to keep the Service on an even keel, and if that means throwing the odd crew member overboard, well: collateral damage is her specialty.

A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information.

It’s also what happens just before you hit the ground.