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    The Marylebone Drop: A Novella
    The Marylebone Drop: A Novella
    The Marylebone Drop: A Novella
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Marylebone Drop: A Novella

    Written by Mick Herron

    Narrated by Gerard Doyle

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    About this audiobook

    A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information. It’s also what happens just before you hit the ground.

    Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone café, he knows he’s witnessed more than an innocent encounter. But in relaying his suspicions to
    John Bachelor, who babysits retired spies like Solly for MI5, he sets in motion a train of events that will alter lives.

    “Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation.”—Val McDermid
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 17, 2019
    ISBN9781980046615
    The Marylebone Drop: A Novella

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    • 5/5
      The Marleybone Drop is sort and funny all the way through. Just what one might be looking to take a break from a long no, serious audiobook.
    • 4/5
      Note: Best to read this before "Joe Country": A chance sighting of a "drop" by a retired spy sets in motion a chain of events that has repercussions for all of the characters. This novella is a prequel to the 6th book in the Slough House series, "Joe Country". Reading it will provide background to a storyline in "Joe Country" and explain the repercussions of the drop.
    • 3/5
      The Marlyebone DropSlough House #5.5by Mick Herron20183.0 / 5.0Short Novella in the Slogh House series by British writer, Herron. A nuclear war between United Nations and Soviet Union breaks out. A robot named "claws" is created to destroy anyone left living,and destroy human life Harrowing.#teamslaughter #scarathon #theme @clwojick
    • 4/5
      A novella from Netgalley. This book links to the Slough House ([Slow Horses]) world but is set amongst other 'failures' - the declining group of former cold war spies who had crossed over to the UK and exist on MI5 pensions. In a black comedy of misunderstandings and bluff and double bluff, the back story for one of the 'slow horses' is made clear, whilst one reason for Brexit being such a spectacular failure is amusingly laid on the table by Heron. If you haven't already picked up on this funny series with shades of Le Carre if he was in the pub with Roddy Doyle, here would be a good place to start.
    • 4/5
      This novella picks up from Herron’s previous long short story, The List. While it lies outside the general Slough House narrative, it does serve to explain how one of the team of ‘slow horses’ found themselves being sent to that administrative limbo.It is an intricately plotted story, and while it lacks a lot of the dark humour of the novels, it does showcase Herron’s capacity to capture the essential characteristics of his protagonists in just a few telling words. It is difficult to say too much about the story without risking compromising the twists of the plot. I found it very entertaining, and it has simply whetted my appetite for the next full length instalment of the slow horses chronicles, which I believe is due for publication early next year
    • 4/5
      Solomon Dortmund knows his business; he’s been doing this for so many decades that nothing can surprise him anymore. But observing a classic drop in a café is something that rarely ever happens these days. He is sure about what he has seen and reports it back to Regent’s Park. There, this is not a total surprise since the woman involved is a double agent whom the Germans believe to be their mole with the British. But Hannah Weiss has her own agenda and she knows whom she is working for. When service analyst Lech Wicinski is doing a favour for an old acquaintance, he sets in motion a chain of events that will make himself one of the tragic victims.Mick Herron’s The Slough House series has won several awards and was shortlisted for many more, among them the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, the British Book Award and the Gold Dagger. “The Drop” – a rather short novella only slightly liked to the series – is the latest instalment of it. Yet, it is much more a classic spy novel than the rest of the series since it has in my humble view a much more traditional setting with double and triple agents and members of the service operating in the field.There is not much to say about the plot, it is quite straight forwards without any side lines or too much detail about the characters. As a reader, you dispose of information from both sides, i.e. the English as well as the Germans, and thus can observe both services operating. It is common in those kinds of operations that innocent bystanders become necessary victims and thus, also in “The Drop” we see people fall without having made the slightest mistake. The novella mainly serves as a backstory for the latest member of the Slough House team and I liked the quick read a lot for its atmosphere of old-times spy novels.
    • 3/5
      I was really disappointed with this short novella, which abruptly ended at 75% on my Kindle. It is essentially unfinished and, despite the fact that it is so short, was already beginning to drag a little for me when it just stopped.The set-up was excellent - an ageing German asset sees "a drop" made in a coffee shop and reports it to the MI5 operative charged with looking after him - but it seemed the author ran out of steam and decided not to follow things through to their conclusion.Nicely written as usual, though.
    • 4/5
      This is a short story from the author of the fabulous “Slow Horses” series. It’s in a similar vein but a little darker in tone & the only character from that series who features here is Diana Taverner, MI5’s own “Iron Lady”. Instead we get reacquainted with John Bachelor, an old spook mentioned in a previous story by Herron. John’s in the process of being not so much nudged as pushed out to pasture. After years with British Intelligence, he has little to show except a part time job babysitting some third string spies left over from the good old (and “cold”) days. John is preoccupied with finding somewhere to sleep tonight when he’s contacted by Solomon Dortmund, one of his ancient charges. Sol may be long retired but he knows a drop when he sees one & once he describes the people involved he’s got John’s attention. The woman sounds a little too like Hannah Weiss. She’s a German asset John turned into a double agent. Just what he needs….his one shining success turning into a train wreck. And they’re off. As John quietly investigates Sol’s story he’s pulled back into the world of lies, favours & double crosses. It’s spy vs. spy as John’s actions set in motion a chain of events that have ramifications for all involved. But he still has a few tricks up his sleeve & you’ll be cheering for him to pull it off under the nose of Lady Di. A few nice twists will keep you guessing as you’re trying to figure out who’s on the same side.Herron is one of my favourite authors & I expect his stuff to be smart & intricately plotted. It’s amazing how much he weaves together in such a small space (the last 30% is actually a preview for “London Rules”). It’s always a loooong wait between books so it was a pleasure to have a little snack to help tide me over.