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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
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Wow
Some how that doesn't convey the right level of awe.
I'll try again.
Much better.
I don't read much in the way of espionage nowadays, so I'm assuming this was a wildly original premise.
Washed up British "Spooks" end up at Slough House (hence the nickname "Slow Horses") It is hoped that these has-beens will realise of their own accord that they will never go back to Regent Park & quietly leave. (Doesn't this sound like twentieth century public service? 😄)
But not River Cartwright. He has take ...more
Some how that doesn't convey the right level of awe.
I'll try again.
Much better.
I don't read much in the way of espionage nowadays, so I'm assuming this was a wildly original premise.
Washed up British "Spooks" end up at Slough House (hence the nickname "Slow Horses") It is hoped that these has-beens will realise of their own accord that they will never go back to Regent Park & quietly leave. (Doesn't this sound like twentieth century public service? 😄)
But not River Cartwright. He has take ...more
I was recommended Slow Horses by a member of the RMT Bookchat group on Facebook and I will admit to having initial reservations since at first glance it seems to be a spy book, which is not something I usually read.
Slow Horses refers to the group of failed spies who are put out to pasture at Slough House. Jackson Lamb is their “fearless leader”, a man who knows where the bodies are buried and rules over his kingdom of failures in a somewhat benevolent manner. River is the newest inductee and is ...more
Slow Horses refers to the group of failed spies who are put out to pasture at Slough House. Jackson Lamb is their “fearless leader”, a man who knows where the bodies are buried and rules over his kingdom of failures in a somewhat benevolent manner. River is the newest inductee and is ...more
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