Real Tigers: Mick Herron

Catherine Standish knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks.

She`s worked in the Intelligence Service long enough to understand treachery, double-dealing and stabbing in the back.

What she doesn`t know is why anyone would target her: a recovering drunk pushing paper with the other lost causes in Jackson Lamb`s kingdom of exiles at Slough House.

Whoever it is holding her hostage, it can`t be personal. It must be about Slough House. Most likely, it is about Jackson Lamb.

And say what you like about Lamb, he`ll never leave a joe in the lurch.

He might even be someone you could trust with your life . . .