{"product_id":"standing-by-the-wall-the-collected-slough-house-novellas-9781641295031","title":"Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-published Christmas interlude \u003ci\u003eStanding by the Wall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEspionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Slapstick. State secrets dating back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of Slow Horses. From the troubled recruitment of a new MI5 informant to a botched information transfer, Herron's novellas capture the drama, humor, and high stakes of everyday life in the world of spycraft, a world rife with both legends and secrets, where thrill-seeking and loneliness are ubiquitous and deadly, and where the lines between friends, enemies, and lovers are perpetually blurred by circumstance and subterfuge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans new and old, \u003ci\u003eStanding by the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to the extended literary universe of Mick Herron's \u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e. Collection includes: \u003ci\u003eThe List\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Marylebone Drop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Catch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dead Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStanding by the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. He is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and several standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592426950930,"sku":"9781641295031","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8200f8a1-fd38-4e60-b369-402b3c162c11.jpg?v=1732103978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/standing-by-the-wall-the-collected-slough-house-novellas-9781641295031","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}