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Dortmundsees an envelope beingpassed from one pair of handsto another in a Marylebonecafe,he knows he's witnessed  \nmore than an innocentencounter.But in relaying hissuspicions to John Bachelorwho babysits retired spieslike Solly,he sets in trainevents which will alter lives.  \nA drop,in spook  \nparlance,is the passing on  \nof secret information.  \nIt's also what happens  \njust before you hit the ground.  \nE9.99  \n90300000625275  \n# THE DROP\n\nAlso by Mick Herron  \nJackson Lamb thrillers  \nSlow Horses  \nDead Lions  \nReal Tigers  \nSpook Street  \nLondon Rules  \nZoi Boehm thrillers  \nDown Cemetery RoadThe Last Voice You HearWhy We DieSmoke and Whispers  \nReconstructionNobody Walks  \nThis Is What Happened  \nTHE DROP  \n# MICKHERRON\n\nJOHN MURRAY  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2018 by John Murray (Publishers)An Hachette UK Company  \nI  \n◎ Mick Herron 2018  \nThe right of Mick Herron to be identified as theAuthor of the Work has been asserted by him in accordancewith the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act I988.  \nAll rights reserved.Apart from any use permitted under UK copyrightlaw no part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted,in any form or by any means without the priorwritten permission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circulated in any formof binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without asimilar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nAll characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblanceto real persons,living or dead,is purely coincidental.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this title isavailable from the British Library  \nISBN 978-1-47367-830-9  \nEbook ISBN 978-I-47367-83I-6  \nTypeset in Bembo by Palimpsest Book Production Limited,Falkirk,Stirlingshire  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by ClaysLtd,Elcograf S.p.A.  \nJohn Murray policy is to use papers that are natural,renewableand recyclable products and made from wood grown 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