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Joe Country

Part of the Slough House Thriller series
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.'Like the ringing of a dead man's phone, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral . . . In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad.

Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process. And with winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets.

So when the man responsible breaks cover at last, Lamb sends the slow horses out to even the score. This time, they're heading into joe country. And they're not all coming home.

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Product Details
John Murray Publishers Ltd
147365744X / 9781473657441
Hardback
823.92
20/06/2019
United Kingdom
English
Thrillers
344 pages
24 cm
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