Spook Street

By: Mick Herron

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for aging spies who can no longer remember their secrets are secret? Or are senile spies taken care of in a different, more permanent fashion?

These are the paranoid concerns of David Cartwright, a Cold War–era operative and one-time head of MI5 who is sliding into dementia, and questions his grandson, River, must answer now that the spy who raised him sometimes forgets to wear pants. But River, himself an agent at Slough House, MI5’s outpost for disgraced spies, has other things to worry about. A bomb has detonated in the middle of a busy shopping center and killed forty innocent civilians. The “Slow Horses” of Slough House must figure out who is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates.

©2017 Mick Herron (P)2017 Recorded Books

Another twisty story on Spook Street!

I enjoyed this romp and sped through it quickly. The characters are just as flawed yet somehow manage to do the work necessary. You must love those Slow Horses.

Best one yet - I agree.

Really enjoyed this book. Great story, great performance. I think it is the best book in the series.

Love this series

The reader is great! The writing is superb. I’m going to miss the series when I’ve finished it.

Slough House delivers again.

1st Desk and all the high ranking suits that surround them are corrupt and self-serving. MI-5 is as dysfunctional & dirty at the top as ALL agencies of all governments. Slough House's Lamb in his devil may care anti-establishment, anti-system manner is equal parts, rude, petulant, antagonistic, AND answer to the self-serving agencies and agency suits.
This story had more twists than the constricting serpent and delivered in the action and suspense category as well.

Incredible narration by Doyle

Like all Herron works the dry, acerbic humor of Lamb is amplified by the contrasting bureaucracyspeak of the functionaries from The Park. For me the plots are interesting but the conversations between characters are what stand out as exceptionally brilliant. LeCarre was stronger with plot and character development but no one can top the dialogue of Jackson Lamb.

best in the series this far and better than the video version.

The constant turn of events keeps the story humming. The characters that have been developing along the way become more real. The one liners will make you laugh out loud occasionally. Highly worth a credit.

Another terrific entry and a really great series

The dialogue, descriptions, and above all the attitude of the author are so very entertaining, even at their darkest. I am enjoying this series so much that I’m reluctant to watch the TV series based on it because even though I love Gary Oldman, it’s hard to imagine Anything on television could possibly capture the wonderful dark and hilarious chaos of the books.

The Slow Horses Never Dissapoint

I have waited for months for this book to appear on Audible. The dialogue is witty and fast paced and the narration is spot-on. My only regret is that I finished it in two days and will have to wait months for the next installment, but I know it will be well worth the wait.

the smartest writing

intricate plot.
winning characters
sly asides and allusions
spy fiction for smart people
Slough House books are worthy reads
and rereads

equally funny and tragic

with each book, I get further hooked into the stories and the characters. I hope he keeps riding these books.