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 is determined to discover who destroyed his career. Meanwhile, in Regent s Park, Diana Taverner s tenure as First Desk is running into difficulties. If she ‘s going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar devil… 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, Lamb sends the slow horses out to even the score.
