I love this series. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. He shows great style in melding drama and humor in the ongoing saga of Slough House. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. And yes, the book does end on a cliffhanger. not long ago. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Unfortunately, I read this book in just over day , one of the minor blessings of lockdown and a cold wet winter although I suspect it would have taken very little longer even without that. A magical look into the Secret Service and a fictional but likely scenario. : : Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Please try again. Another great book in this series! One Alzheimer's center claims to care about residents. At Slough House, Brexit has taken a toll. These stories about a disparate group of underdogs coming together to beat the odds (and beat The Man) have struck a chord with readers. There are a lot of characters and rapid changes of scene, and so you do have to pay attention - which I find harder while listening than eye-reading, but I did enjoy the narrators range of voices. I'm *beyond excited* to have received an ARC from those lovely people at John Murray (thank you!) Lots to laugh about while being careful not to miss a word. Slough House - Mick Herron A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. He won the Crime Writers' Association 2013 Gold Dagger award for Dead Lions . Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. The slow horses have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. Lets be honest. Hed been seven. But it was pointless to think such things; the clocks had gone forward since then, and only ever went so far back. And does Jackson Lamb know more than hes telling? Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021. 9,604 ratings by Goodreads. Hes a world-bringer, the creator of a still-growing fictional universe with its own gravity, lingo, and surface tension. Mick Herron Slough House Hardcover - February 9, 2021 by Mick Herron (Author) 8,583 ratings 4.4 on Goodreads 7,351 ratings Book 7 of 8: Slough House Editors' pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense See all formats and editions Kindle $9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover Sarah Shaffi. View More. Lots to laugh about while being careful not to miss a word. The disgruntled agents of Slough House are called into action to protect a visiting Russian oligarch whom MI5 hopes to recruit to British intelligence. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. 03/22/2021. Mick Herron's six Slough House novels have been shortlisted for eight CWA Daggers, winning twice, and shortlisted for the Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year three times. After all, what DOES happen to the detritus of the service? Its a couple of months after JOE COUNTRY. Narrated by: Sean Barrett. Herron writes squeakingly well-plotted spy thrillers . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021. The first book in CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Br, London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 s, Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachel, Londons Slough House is where disgraced MI5 opera, What happens when an old spook loses his mind? The impetus for the plot is a fictionalized version of the Skripal incident: Russian agents smeared the Novichok nerve agent on the Salisbury doorknob of a former Russian military officer, Sergei Skripal, who had been a double agent for British intelligence. The gags are still there but the satire's more biting. This coupled with the biting satire and basic humanity of Herrons writing are what have kept me coming back. Against a background of Brexit, Novichok poisonings and Yellow Vest protests, the remaining slow horses are dealing with the recent violent loss of two associates. 1 title per month from Audible's entire catalog of best sellers, and new releases. There are yellow-vest protestors on the street, and former Home Secretary Peter Judd, an . A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelanone-time head of MI5's Regents Parkis tasked with tracking her down. I love this series. London Rules might not be written down, but everyo. Slough House is the seventh book in the brilliantly unique Slow Horses British spy thriller series - soon to be seen on TV in a star-studded adaptation. is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. Lie still. Diana Taverner finds herself making some bad decisions in this novel; not the least her involvement with Peter Judd, who bears more than a little resemblance to our current Prime Minister. Unlike some, I enjoyed the political context, being no fan of said politician and his band of third rate sycophants. I found ( and I realise I am risking opprobrium upon my head) Le Carre somewhat pompous and boring - too much of the public schoolboy for me. Tolmachoff Farms, 5726 N. 75th Ave., Glendale. I didn't want it to end, but it did, where it had to. Please try again. He shows great style in melding drama and humor in the ongoing saga of Slough House. The question of whether he was a double agent must be resolved, and its answer may undo an entire careers worth of spy secrets. Slough House Mick Herron ISBN: 9781641292375 Published: 02/09/2021. "This is a darker, scarier Herron. This book, the last of the series, was the best. In March 2021, the Pink Door Tea House had its grand opening with Collins at the helm of the kitchen. Small towns are full of secrets. Kill us? Frontal aspect, first reaction: its not the best-looking property on the market. One thing they have in common, though, is they want to be back in the action. Publisher Whats her counterpart, Moscows First Desk, doing in London? , Text-to-Speech Thanks for the review. For us, the return of Lamb and his slow horses spies cast aside by MI6 is reason enough to spend a few hours in their company. In this outing, Slough House seems to have disappeared from the Service's records. I thought the entire cast was near perfect, and cant wait for the next season. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Services First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive but shes had to make a deal with the devil fist. A handful of engaging spy thrillers followed before the author paused his novels to focus on journalism, although its also worth noting that he has freelanced. He is the author of six books in the Slough House series as well as a mystery series set in Oxford featuring Sarah Tucker and/or P.I. . Slough House is the seventh book in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series by award-winning British author, Mick Herron. I'd like to imagine them in Wimbledon somewhere! It is always a joy when a new addition to Mick Herron's superb Slow Horses series makes an appearance, and believe me when I say this one lives up to all my high expectations, smart, razor sharp satire and comic humour, unparalleled in its ability to follow and echo the nightmare that is our contemporary British politics and Brexit. You will very much need to read this book to continue on with this series as the chairs in Slough House are once again being reshuffled. . You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. It is easy to devour with a fabulous mix of humour, action, relevance to current times and a wonderfully ghastly villain resembling a well-known politician. Like all series of this vintage, the characters tend to come and go so a good way to start this review is the same way Herron does and begin with an update on who is currently active. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank accountand theres only ever one reason a spy has a secret second bank account. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! This is my favorite type of book - clever humor (esp British) with a good story. If shed taken care, Emma Flyte would still be alive. I think MHs politics are clear enough, as with so many authors, and why not? Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Standing by the Wall: The collected Slough House novellas, Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store), International Mystery & Crime (Kindle Store), Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, includes free international wireless delivery via. I have waited patiently for this seventh book in the series to be released and, yes, I did zip right through it because I didn't dare put it down. . Read it, you'll see what I mean. A Colorado cop is pulled to Italy to solve his brother's murder. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg, howeverthe agents uncover a web of intrigue that involves not only a group of private mercenaries but the highest authorities in the Secret Service. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew are feeling paranoid. This time out, MI5s disgraced spies are being hunted by Russian assassins and theres no one they can trust to help them. , Language A much improved book in this series but very high stakes for the Horses. Great spy read! Can't praise enough the writing and the way Mr Herron has with words. (LogOut/ Theyre still getting paid but no longer formally exist and things get more sinister when Louisa Guy discovers that someone from the Service is trailing her and the other slow horses find that they are also being followed. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I dunno. Do you embrace it? . Mick Herron's story of British espionage and political intrigue kept me reading well past bedtime. I found ( and I realise I am risking opprobrium upon my head) Le Carre somewhat pompous and boring - too much of the public schoolboy for me. Please try again. However, she is soon reminded there is no such thing as a free lunch and we observe that there are no limits to Judds ambition. Sublime dialogue, frictionless plotting., [Herron is the] le Carr of the future . Hear No Evil (Large Print) (Hidden Norfolk), Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. The characters are brilliant., Patrick Neale on BBCs The Oxford Book Club. London is unstable, the country is reeling from the aftermath of Russian poisonings of citizens. Slow Horses. The privatization of a secret service op and the manipulation of news is relevant and horribly credible.Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope series, By clicking on the above button, you agree to Amazon's. Zo Boehm. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Lamb and his team are drawn into a complex and dangerous mess of Judd and Taverners making and, as usual, have to resolve things in their own inimitable style. Herron grounds his novels around notable real-life events for satirical purposes, and this time he concocts a story around Brexit, the Yellow Vest protests and the Russian Novichok assassinations. Traffic calmed by nearby lights; buses a regular fixture. The first, Slow Horses, was picked as one of the best twenty spy novels of all time by the Daily Telegraph, while the most recent, Joe Country, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. He can handle Lambs temperament but he isnt who I see when I read the books. Get help and learn more about the design. Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021. When one of their own is kidnapped, the Slow Horses must outwit rogue agents at the highest levels of British Intelligence, and even to Downing Street itself. At the same time Ho has hacked into the Parks computer system and discovered that all traces of Slough House have been expunged from the records. As ever, Jackson Lamb heads the team. 'Slough House' is my seventh visit with the British Security Service screwups who have been exiled from the shining high-tech HQ to the grimy dilapidation of Slough House where they live lives of demoralising drudgery, doing nugatory work for the irascible Jackson Lamb. : I would pine for it. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. And not just one cliff either; each thread I wanted wrapped up just stops. At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-published Christmas interlude 'Standing by the Wall. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal . , in these post-You-Know-What times. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Hed been seven. Series list: Slough House (11 Books) by Mick Herron. : She thinks that there are two people trying to kill her and River doesnt know if its a real threat or something caused by the gunshot wound to the head that she took at the end of SLOW HORSES. The only downside is that I'm at the end of available books in the series (again). Post navigation #BookReview 'A Prince and a Spy' by Rory Clements #thriller #war #WW2 A Special Offer for you #contemporary #womensfiction #bargain These are such fun books that I have to drop everything and read them as soon as each one comes out. , as his mother kept stressingtechnically apparently meaning in every possible sense, including the legal, barring his mothers own feeling that the natural order had been disturbedand was, equally technically, on the market, though at a price the agent had declared way too optimistic.. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Change). Please try again. Addiction loves challenge, because challenge provides an excuse to fail. I have waited patiently for this seventh book in the series to be released and, yes, I did zip right through it because I didn't dare put it down. Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew is feeling paranoid. , Print length Herron uses the plot to make some biting comments about the use of private money in security operations and the importance of standing up to bullies. Not so much a soundtrack; more an audible toothache. I would have liked to have got a bit more emotion in the scenes between her and River given the flirtation between them in SLOW HORSES but Herrons very restrained, showing touches of Rivers guilt over what happened to her at the same time as gently indicating there could be something more here as well. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. When I receive the latest in this series, there is zero chance its going to sit there patiently waiting its turn. Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb? Like all series of this vintage, the characters tend to come and go so a good way to start this review is the same way Herron does and begin with an update on who is currently active. His books are fantastic, and, David Enyeart, Next Chapter Booksellers (St. Paul, MN), I think this might be the best Jackson Lamb outing yet., tremendously. The slow horses, as theyre called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated there. Herron also makes some sharp digs about the role of the media in shaping the political agenda courtesy of newcomer Damien Cantor whose only loyalty is to his own power and wealth. January 4, 2021 The Slough House series is centered on the misanthropic Jackson Lamb and his menagerie of failed spies. Slough House by Mick Herron. The combination of humor and timeliness is great! Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. This is yet another winning book from the series featuring the "slow horses" of Britain's intelligence world. British novelist Mick Herron, the author of the Slough House espionage series, poses for photographs outside his home in Oxford, England, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. At base, Louisa Guy reports that she was tailed by an MI6 spy from Regents Park, the centre of MI6 operations and the hallowed turf to which all slow horses want to return. Description. Also interesting in this context are the continued allusions to Lambs poor health, which seems to be worsening, and does not bode well for future books, although we also see more of Lambs ruthless side here as well as his loyalty to his joes and to those who help his joes (one scene at the end where a side character who said something revolting to Molly gets his dues is particularly satisfying). I mean, look at us. First published February 4, 2021 Book details & editions About the author Mick Herron 48 books2,083 followers Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. If that was happening, River needed to stop it. The "slow horses," as theyre called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated here. Several other members of the team think that it may have happened to them too, though their incompetence makes it difficult to be sure. I love this series, but it does require starting at the beginning. Real Housewives meets The Perfect Marriage in this famed booktok thriller that is finally coming to paperback! A magical look into the Secret Service and a fictional but likely scenario. Slough House by Mick Herron 2021 / 247 pages read by Gerard Doyle 10h 13m rating: A+ / crime (spy) . Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. Sandy *TheworldcouldendwhileIwasreadingndIwouldnto. Mick Herron could not be more different and all the better for it. Meanwhile Diana Lady Di Taverner has decided to strike back at Russian secret services on their home soil in retaliation for the Novichok poisoning attack in Salisbury. For me the perfect Jackson Lamb would be Timothy Spall. You do not want to mess with him, as several characters in this book will discover. , Word Wise Revenge. Does this item contain inappropriate content? The combination of humor and timeliness is great! No wonder Jackson Lambs crew is feeling paranoid. It happened now, as he tucked his phone in his pocket. This is one of my favourite series although I have never before managed to read spy thrillers. Sublime dialogue, frictionless plotting., [Herron is the] le Carr of the future . But River, himself an agent at Slough House, has other things to worry about. Does this item contain quality or formatting issues? If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. It has been a while since I read one but watching the first series on TV reminded me just how good these books are (and I do prefer them as books). To qualify for Slough House an agent has to commit a screwup of sufficient magnitude that they are deported from MI5 headquarters at Regency Park. As the slow horses try to work out whats going on, they find themselves caught up in events outside their control and in the cross hairs of a ruthless enemy who doesnt care about collateral damage . Praise for Slough House "I'll tell you what, to have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one's career; and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron's novels--the heir, in a way, to le Carr--is a terrific thing."--Gary Oldman , Screen Reader The disgraced MI5 agents of Slough House uncover a deadly Cold War-era legacy of sleeper cells and mythic super spies. The way Herron skewers Boris Johnson through Judd (especially through his speeches) is just beautifully done but he also does well at showing the artifice and the naked desire for power, whatever it takes. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. , Sticky notes To do so, however, shes had to strike up an alliance with ex-politician turned PR guru Peter Judd who has put together a group of patriotically minded billionaires willing to fund operations that the British state may balk at. B. British author Herron's superb seventh Slough House novel (after 2019's Joe Country) opens with an unidentified woman's assassination whose significance gradually becomes clear in this darkly satiric update on the "slow horses," spies who have each made a colossal mistake and have been assigned to MI5's Slough House . His humor and wit crept into the dialogue at frequent and unexpected moments. A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from Novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. Taverner is forced to accept funds from disgraced politician Peter Judd a thinly disguised Boris Johnson in order to subcontract a tit-for-tat response. This is one of my favourite series although I have never before managed to read spy thrillers. . Frontal aspect, first reaction: its not the best-looking property on the market. Cunning. This team of MI5 agents at Londons Slough House is united by a common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. In fact, listening to this has made me even more curious to see the tv series. Herron, Mick. Pretty much everything extreme one can imagine happens, and it is a wild ride start to finish. Learn more. So I just read it all in one somewhat elongated gulp. Zo Boehm. This is a darker, scarier Herron. Joy is unbridled when each new book is announced. Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2022. I know you dont want spoilers so I wont name the character but I feel Herron has made a big mistake re their demise as the character had really become the moral center of the series, much more than Jackson Lamb. A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information. But are they actually targets? I've long been a fan of this series and Mick Herron's writing generally. Jackson Lamb is a fabulously grotesque and also weirdly sympathetic creation, so I became addicted to the series. Quantity: 1. Now that the O. Mick Herron is a bestselling and award-winning novelist and short story writer, best known for his Slough House thrillers. East-facing, but sheltered from morning dazzle by an imposing view of the iconic Barbican Centre, and offered further protection by being on Aldersgate Street, in the London borough of Finsbury, renowned for its temperate climate. Hope Herron writes many more. Items related to Slough House. B. , File size This book was a much improved entry in this series. Pick up a copy of. Make room on your shelf beside LeCarre and Deighton. Herron, Mick. , and dipped into a sporting goods store, its neon logo a pale imitation of itself in the watery light, its tiled floor slick with grime. Something is brewing at the Park, and Diana Taverner, First Desk, and enemy of Lamb from way back, is probably behind it. And we need time to explore that. Not admiring duplicity in all its shades is fine with me. While two agents are dispatched on that babysitting job, an old Cold War-era spy named Dickie Bow is found dead, ostensibly of a heart attack, far from his usual haunts. Cantor would have found out the hard way that you never feed a cat just once. Unable to add item to List. 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The slow horses have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. : Dead Lions is second in the series.