Character · Slough House · 3 books
David Cartwright
David Cartwright is River’s grandfather, a retired spymaster known as the O.B.
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Character facts
- First appearance
- Slow Horses (2010)
- Latest appearance
- Spook Street (2017)
- Books
- 3 (1 major, 2 minor)
- Series
- Slough House
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Circle
- Slough House
Where to meet David Cartwright
David Cartwright first appears in Slow Horses (2010), in a minor role, book 1 of the Slough House series.
Every book with David Cartwright
In publication order, with the size of their role in each.
- 2010·Slow Horsesminor role · Slough HouseBuy
- 2013·Dead Lionsminor role · Slough HouseBuy
- 2017MSpook Streetmajor role · Slough HouseBuy
Appears most often with
| Character | Books together |
|---|---|
| Catherine StandishSlough House’s administrator, a recovering alcoholic | 3 |
| Diana TavernerSecond desk at MI5, later First Desk | 3 |
| Jackson LambHead of Slough House, a former Cold War field agent | 3 |
| Louisa GuySlow horse | 3 |
| River CartwrightAgent exiled to Slough House after a training exercise goes wrong | 3 |
| Roddy HoSlough House’s self-regarding computer expert | 3 |