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The Marylebone Drop

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 The Marylebone Drop (also published as The Drop) is a 2018 novella by Mick Herron, a direct sequel to his earlier story The List. It also ties into the Jackson Lamb novels and features some of the same characters.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Back before the end of the Cold War, Solomon Dortmund was a British asset behind the Berlin Wall. These days, he’s very old and he’s retired to London, where MI5 pays him a small pension. But Solomon’s still very alert and a habitual watcher of people.So when he sees an old-school drop take place in a favourite Marylebone restaurant, he immediately recognises it for what it is. He admires the tradecraft. And he reports it to his MI5 handler, John Bachelor.Bachelor's a barely competent MI5 agent who’s slowly circling the drain. He’s facing financial ruin, has lost his home and the only notable success of his career - an operation that inserted a Double Agent into Germany's secret service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) - was reassigned to someone more capable.Perhaps Solomon’s report will give him an opportunity to do something noteworthy. Or perhaps, as he has before, Bachelor will simply screw it up.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The story is followed by another novella, The Catch. It also leads back into the main Jackson Lamb series, acting as a prologue of sorts to Joe Country.
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 The Alleged Boss: Pynne is Hannah’s MI5 handler and he thinks he's in charge, but she’s easily manipulating him and many of the decisions are actually hers.
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 Anachronic Order: Downplayed and discussed. The narrative makes it clear that the drop at Fischer's may have been chronologically after the Regent's Park meeting, but that those who know believe that Fischer's is where it really started.
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 All Abusers Are Male: Averted. Hannah requests a move from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills because her manager’s behaviour (late night phone calls, gifts, requests for private meetings) is making her uncomfortable. Nash immediately assumes the manager in a man, Pynne corrects him. And Hannah is lying about all of this anyway, trying to get a role that’s more useful to her BND handlers.
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