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The death of Tom Bettany's estranged 26-year-old son brings him back to London. His return sparks the interest of everyone from mobsters to MI5 officers - he may have thought he left his old life as a spy behind, but nobody just walks away. Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets the voicemail from an English woman he doesn't know telling him that his estranged 26-year-old son is dead. Liam was smoking dope on his London balcony when he fell....

From CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense about one woman's attempt to be better than ordinary. Something's happened. A lot of things have happened. If she could turn back time, she wondered how far she would go. Twenty-six-year-old Maggie...

'Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison' Publishers Weekly What should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman. When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a...

Non esistono le coincidenze per una spia, Catherine Standish lo sa bene. Ha lavorato nell'intelligence abbastanza a lungo da aver visto tradimenti, doppi giochi e pugnalate alla schiena. Ma perché prendersela con lei, l'ultima ruota del carro, un'ex alcolista che non è neppure una vera spia? Smista carte alla Casa del pantano, il gradino più basso dei Servizi segreti, la discarica in cui vengono spediti gli agenti in disgrazia, che hanno commesso errori imperdonabili o ecceduto nei vizi. Perché è stata rapita? Chi è il vero bersaglio: lei o il Pantano?

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney’s jewelry shop, she’s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn’t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she’s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who’s dedicating what’s left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband’s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Anche se si è ritirato dall’intelligence da vent’anni, David Cartwright ricorda benissimo dove sono nascosti gli scheletri. Ma quando ci si dimentica che certi segreti tali devono restare, ecco che cominciano i problemi. Il Vecchio Bastardo ha cresciuto suo nipote per diventare un eroe, non certo un perdente. Ma River Cartwright ha commesso un errore colossale all’inizio della sua carriera da spia ed è diventato uno dei Brocchi di Jackson Lamb: agenti in disgrazia condannati a smistare scartoffie nella Casa del pantano, sognando invano di poter riavere un posto in prima fila.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson* 'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'This is one of these novels where you read it, not just to see what happens...

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson* 'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He's...

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and now a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson* 'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first...

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson* 'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'Unexpected and satisfying . . . The engaging heroine never loses her cool...

Sarah Tucker lebt in einem beschaulichen Vorort von Oxford, in der Rolle als Hausfrau gestrandet. Als jedoch nach einer Explosion in der Nachbarschaft ein Kind spurlos verschwindet, findet sie keine Ruhe mehr und holt sich Hilfe bei der Privatermittlerin Zoë Boehm. Gemeinsam bringen die beiden Frauen mehr Geheimnisse als Antworten ans Licht – Menschen, die lange für tot gehalten wurden, weilen unter den Lebenden, während sich immer mehr schnell zu den Toten gesellen. Vom ruhigen, abgründigen Pflaster Oxfords in ein Netz aus Verschwörungen von hochoffizieller Seite.

Oxford private detective Zoë Boehm turns up dead in Newcastle, launching her friend Sarah Tucker into an investigation with several leads—but no one she can trust. When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zoë Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions.

Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank account - and there's only ever one reason a spy has a secret second bank account. The question of whether he was a double agent must be resolved, and its answer may undo an entire career's worth of spy secrets. 

בית סלאו הוא המקום שאליו מגיעים סוכנים כושלים של סוכנות הביון הבריטית כדי להעביר את מה שנשאר מחורבות הקריירה שלהם. קוראים להם "סוסים איטיים", כיוון שהשפילו והביכו...

Un vecchio leone, per giunta cresciuto allo "Zoo" di Berlino durante la Guerra fredda. Jackson Lamb è stato a Berlino con Dickie prima della caduta del Muro. Ora possiede il suo cellulare con il suo ultimo messaggio e sospetta che qualcuno stia escogitando un'operazione in vecchio stile sovietico proprio nella tana del lupo, in piena Londra e sotto al naso dei servizi segreti.

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden* 'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday 'Mick Herron is an incredible writer' Mark Billingham **** From the Intelligence Service purgatory that is Slough House, where disgraced spies are...

Selbst in Slough House, dem belanglosesten Außenposten des mi5, fordert der Brexit seinen Tribut: Das ganze Haus wurde aus den offiziellen Akten gelöscht – mitsamt seinen Insassen. Mehr noch, plötzlich sterben ehemalige Mitglieder wie die Fliegen. Kein Wunder, dass Jackson Lambs Mannschaft etwas paranoid wird. Es wäre klug, sich einen sicheren Ort zu suchen. Aber für kluge Entscheidungen sind die Slow Horses nicht gerade bekannt.

La Maison des tocards est la branche du mi5 où atterrissent les agents secrets en disgrâce qui ont tellement foiré qu’on ne peut plus leur confier de vraies missions de renseignement. Ces espions ratés, ces rebuts de la profession dénommés “tocards”, sont condamnés à passer le reste de leur “carrière” à végéter dans ce trou sous les ordres toujours aussi saugrenus de Jackson Lamb, enchaînant les missions sans intérêt, bouffant de la paperasse tout en rêvant de pouvoir un jour sortir du placard et retourner au coeur de l’action.

'A first-rate modern thriller' Daily Mail Set in the same world as Mick Herron's bestselling Slough House thrillers, Nobody Walks introduces JK Coe, a fledgling spy who's about to get a harsh lesson in the realities of life on Spook Street Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in...

'Mick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet, you NEED to' Mark Billingham Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank account - and there's...