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This novella follows on from the previous Slough House novella, “The List,” and features John Bachelor and the continuing story of agent, Hannah Weiss (code named ‘Snow White’).
After events in the previous instalment, this story sees Bachelor even more side-lined than before – having lost his task of handling Hannah, and still shuttling around on his ‘milk round,’ checking on the elderly ex-spooks who are slowly dying. This ever-decreasing task, which sees him being shunted to a part-time role, ...more
After events in the previous instalment, this story sees Bachelor even more side-lined than before – having lost his task of handling Hannah, and still shuttling around on his ‘milk round,’ checking on the elderly ex-spooks who are slowly dying. This ever-decreasing task, which sees him being shunted to a part-time role, ...more
This novella follows on from the previous Slough House novella, “The List,” and features John Bachelor and the continuing story of agent, Hannah Weiss (code named ‘Snow White’).
After events in the previous instalment, this story sees Bachelor even more side-lined than before – having lost his task of handling Hannah, and still shuttling around on his ‘milk round,’ checking on the elderly ex-spooks who are slowly dying. This ever-decreasing task, which sees him being shunted to a part-time role, ...more
After events in the previous instalment, this story sees Bachelor even more side-lined than before – having lost his task of handling Hannah, and still shuttling around on his ‘milk round,’ checking on the elderly ex-spooks who are slowly dying. This ever-decreasing task, which sees him being shunted to a part-time role, ...more
An old time spy sees a classic drop happen in an upmarket London coffee shop and alerts his handler who initially doesn't take him seriously. However, a search triggers alarms in the Park and links to an agent recruited in The List who the Park is promoting into a role at the Brexit department as negotiations with Europe starts. We are introduced to Alec (Lech) Wicinski who we will encounter in the next instalment of the series at Slough House. There is a whole subplot running through these nove
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4.5. Such an excellent series, this short story was sublime
Sep 03, 2023
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"His credit cards had been thrashed to within an inch of their lives; they’d combust in the daylight like vampires."
“'Things like this don’t happen any more. Drops in cafés? Once upon a time, sure, but nowadays? It’s the twenty-first century.' He’d nearly said the twentieth."
A novella setting up a new inmate of Slough House. ...more
“'Things like this don’t happen any more. Drops in cafés? Once upon a time, sure, but nowadays? It’s the twenty-first century.' He’d nearly said the twentieth."
A novella setting up a new inmate of Slough House. ...more
Following on from The List, we see John Bachelor's fortunes continue to tumble. A great story interwoven into the Slough House series. And here we are introduced to a forthcoming resident of Slough House too.
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This short story carries on with the "milk-round" It also provides the background who is a new character who could be on their way to Slough House in the future. Very interesting read, as are all the books from this series.
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