02744cam a2200337 i 4500 388449673 TxAuBib 20190806120000.0 190211s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019003464 9781641290555 1641290552 TxAuBib rda Herron, Mick. Joe Country / Mick Herron. New York : Soho Crime, 2019. pages ; cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Slough House ; 6 "If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the London outpost for disgraced spies MI5, memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashesof 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. Meanwhile, in Regent's Park, Diana Taverner's tenureas First Desk is running into difficulties. If she's going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar old devil. 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"-- Provided by publisher. "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 an outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears himself apart in the process. Meanwhile, in Regent's Park, Diana Taverner's tenure as First Desk is running into difficulties.If she's going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar old devil . . . 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20190806. FICTION / Espionage. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British. mystery fiction. Spy stories. Suspense fiction. Slough House ; 6.