Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Kill us? Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron's success has been stealthy. 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. This is a darker, scarier Herron. After all, what DOES happen to the detritus of the service? Lamb is an alternately hilarious and disgusting career veteran of the intelligence service who has pissed off enough of his superiors that he has been put in charge of Slough House, a disgraced section of MI5. It is a place of desperation and despair where all inhabitants strive to return to "The Park," but no one ever has. And the Tube on the doorstep, with the popular Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines literally a minute away. , Word Wise Lets be honest. Slough House. Cantor would have found out the hard way that you never feed a cat just once. London, England: Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away whats left of their failed careers. John Bachelor is the saddest kind of spy: not a joe in the field, not even a desk jockey, but a milkmana part-time pension administrator whose main job is to check in on aging retired spies. , 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.. In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, "the le Carr of the future" (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world. 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 . Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022. The book ends with what was for me, a truly devastating development and even though you know what no one in Slough House is safe, I wasnt expecting it to hit that character. The Atlantic. eBook $9.99. Make room on your shelf beside LeCarre and Deighton. Unable to add item to List. This isn't a book to skim read., , hes a world-bringer, the creator of a still-growing fictional universe with its own gravity, lingo, and surface tension., Terrific spy novel . Isnt he explicitly compared to Spall in of the of the early books? "This is a darker, scarier Herron. I dont mind spoilers I just put them behind a cut so people have a choice of reading on. Addiction loves challenge, because challenge provides an excuse to fail. But it was pointless to think such things; the clocks had gone forward since then, and only ever went so far back. A character I usually find hilarious is curiously irritating in this latest outing for the ever changing Slough House crew. is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. 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. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. The Slow Horses, as its inmates are known, think they are being followed. , 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.. He shows great style in melding drama and humor in the ongoing saga of Slough House. . I would pine for it. The audio version is narrated by Sean Barrett. I was very disappointed in the ending of this novel. Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023. 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. Its a couple of months after JOE COUNTRY. Mick Herron has done it again. I've long been a fan of this series and Mick Herron's writing generally. Because I already know that lurking inside is an intricate plot wrapped around plenty of wit & humour. There are yellow-vest protestors on the street, and former Home Secretary Peter Judd, an . Reject it? This book, the last of the series, was the best. Cunning. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time. Lie still. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2023. Mick Herron is a bestselling and award-winning novelist and short story writer, best known for his Slough House thrillers. But are they actually targets? 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. It happened now, as he tucked his phone in his pocket. 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. Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022. Beautifully written but too short and not what I expected, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2021. 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. Save for Later. Jackson Lambs Slough House crew are still coming to terms with the events in Wales that saw the death of ex-Dog Emma Flyte and their own J K Coe but they also have a more serious problem to deal with: Roderick Roddy Ho has discovered that someone in the Park has wiped their records from the Service database. Slough House is Mick Herrons seventh novel about his team of unloved, incompetent though often marvellously effective MI6 spies. An Interview with Mick Herron | Mick Herron Books Horrified, but not surprised Seeing into the future with Slough House series author Mick Herron. All the usual ingredients are here, but the sneering political tone makes this outing of the Slow Horses rather unlikeable. : Its always sad to reach the end so quickly, we can only hope that Mick never gets bored. The Slough House spy thrillers by Mick Herron feature the spies who, having messed up, have been consigned to a dead-end department [in London, not Slough, but that's the joke]. Included in this collection areThe List,The Marylebone Drop, andThe Catchalong with Herron's new addition:Standing by the Wall. At Slough House, Brexit has taken a toll. Sarah Shaffi. 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. 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. Lots to laugh about while being careful not to miss a word. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, 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 novelsthe heir, in a way, to le Carris a terrific thing., Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope series, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus Novels, Herron has certainly devised the most completely realised espionage universe since that peopled by George Smiley., Mick Herron is one of the finest writers of his generation., Steve Cavanagh, author of the Eddie Flynn novels, the seventh installment of Mick Herrons ripping good series of spy novels. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021. Theyve never needed to kill us, said Lamb. His humor and wit crept into the dialogue at frequent and unexpected moments. But are they actually targets? 9 editions. 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. 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. I imagine most everyone who reads it has already devoured the previous six books. There is a sense of pieces being moved ready for further developments, most notably in the change in dynamic between Judd and Lady Di, and its not clear what the return of Sid will mean long term but the devastating ending and the question it leaves means I am very keen to read the next book. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards. Addiction loves challenge, because challenge provides an excuse to fail. And yes, the book does end on a cliffhanger. It took a while for the world to catch up with him. , 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. Do you embrace it? Hes also ruthlessly effective. US$ 9.73. View all copies of this ISBN edition: Buy New Learn more about this copy. 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. Follow I Read, Therefore I Blog on WordPress.com. And while the main thing about trainers was they had to feel right, not look good, still: they had to look good. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The gags are still there but the satire's. '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. Pricing. Now, for the first time, Mick Herron's short ficti . Such events, on home turf, require a response and Taverner is keen enough to make that happen to allow Judds involvement. Required fields are marked *. Slough House Mick Herron ISBN: 9781641292375 Published: 02/09/2021. There was a problem loading your book clubs. , Dimensions 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. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottlenot unusual in this line of work. Another great book in this series! Get a special admission price of $18 on opening night. Beautifully written but too short and not what I expected, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2021. This book, the last of the series, was the best. Slough House by Mick Herron - A Review On January 20, 2021 By Jeff In London, MI5, Mick Herron, Slough House, Slow Horses, Spook Street, spy fiction Very minor spoilers below. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. ASIN Ho is the computer nerd, a legend in his own mind; Dander is a brash cokehead; and Wicinski a desk analyst who was framed for paedophilia. Dig deeper into Mick Herrons critically acclaimed espionage series with these short novels set in the slow horses universe. Mick Herron Oxford, England. 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. I dunno. Im kinda curious to see if River makes it or not. I would pine for it. The disgruntled agents of Slough House are called into action to protect a visiting Russian oligarch whom MI5 hopes to recruit to British intelligence. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. With the country beset by series of random attacks and one of their own marked for assassination, the Slow Horses rediscover their greatest strengththat of making a bad situation much worse. Frontal aspect, first reaction: its not the best-looking property on the market. 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 . I love this series, but it does require starting at the beginning.