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The Marylebone Drop
Slough House (Related to this series)
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Narrator
- Gerard Doyle
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 17 May 2019
- Run Time
- 2 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 for MI5, he sets in motion a train of events that will alter lives.
“Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation.”—Val McDermid
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Details
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Narrator
- Gerard Doyle
- Duration
- 2 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781980046615
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Classic crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information. It’s also what happens just before you hit the ground.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 for MI5, he sets in motion a train of events that will alter lives.“Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation.”—Val McDermid
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