January 2019
The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been
assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm
is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the
streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by
a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil
Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become
embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and
madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its
powdered and painted veneer. The Wolf and the Watchman is by Niklas Natt och Dag.
June 2019
In the sixth Jackson Lamb thriller by Mick Herron, in Slough
House memories are stirring, all of them bad.
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 are heading into joe
country. And they’re not all coming
home.
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