Publisher's Synopsis
"WE'RE SPIES, STANDISH. 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 an outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career. 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.
