by Mick Herron
A boatload of burned out spies spend their twilight years in Sough House participating in deadend jobs until retirement. They are known affectionatley as Slow Horses. Their rather unothodox leader is Jackson Lamb, an overweight, chainsmoking, narcissistic misogynist who finds it amusing to pass wind...
I'm thankful to be able to turn to Mick Herron when my reading brain needs refreshment. His Slough House series is a delight, full of bizarre ex-spies who've tanked their careers, and peppered with unexpected and creative plot twists. One of the most enjoyable aspects of Herron's work is that it's c...
"Dead Lions" is the second book in this series about members of MI5 judged to be subpar and cast into the outer darkness of Slough House to rot or resign. I enjoyed the first book in the series, "Slow Horses" but I found "Dead Lions" to be much more accomplished and certain of itself. The tone of...
"Dead Lions" is the second book in this series about members of MI5 judged to be subpar and cast into the outer darkness of Slough House to rot or resign. I enjoyed the first book in the series, "Slow Horses" but I found "Dead Lions" to be much more accomplished and certain of itself.The tone of th...
"Dead Lions" is the second book in this series about members of MI5 judged to be subpar and cast into the outer darkness of Slough House to rot or resign. I enjoyed the first book in the series, "Slow Horses" but I found "Dead Lions" to be much more accomplished and certain of itself.The tone of th...
A group of has-been MI5 agents try to solve the murder of a retired former agent and a cold-war-era Russian spy, who may or may not have existed. There's plenty of action and misdirection in this one, and lots of who-can-we-trust suspense. The group of "slow" MI5 agents are all distinct, maddening...
At MI5, if you screw up in a big way––like become a blackout drunk or punch out another agent in the lunchroom or let highly confidential material fall into the hands of the press––then you end up being moved from Regent's Park to Slough House. At Slough House, the "Slow Horses" are given endless, d...
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