In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world.
At Slough House—MI5’s London depository for demoted spies—Brexit has taken a toll. 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. No wonder Jackson Lamb’s crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets?
With a new populist movement taking hold of London’s streets and the old order ensuring that everything’s for sale to the highest bidder, the world’s a dangerous place for those deemed surplus. Jackson Lamb and the slow horses are in a fight for their lives as they navigate dizzying layers of lies, power, and death.
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"Bizarre, sometimes despicable bunch of misfits inhabiting Slough House, the MI5's place for disgraced spooks are all becoming more and more virtuous in the eye of the reader when confronted with the characters eerily resembling people we know well from the headlines of a real life newspapers. Businessmen, politicians, former politicians and their advisors, media moguls and top level of administration in many public services make the gang lead by Jackson Lamb likeable, righteous and worthy of our sympathy. Fear and loathing on the top level echelons of British elite is interwinned here with truly international spycraft affair providing us with probably the best ever book by Herron ending with a dramatic and unexpected cliffhanger"
— Wojciech W. (5 out of 5 stars)
“Once again, Herron captures the dramedy of the battle between spies and bureaucrats better than anyone else on either side.”
— Kirkus Reviews“Herron’s Slough House series has quietly become of the greatest spy series the world has ever seen. And now a soon-to-be television adaptation starring Gary Oldman should make Herron and his heroes into household names. In the meantime, old fans and new readers alike should enjoy Herron’s latest in the series.”
— CrimeReadsMick Herron, British novelist and short story writer, is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and three standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, the Theakston’s Novel of the Year Award, the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and the USC Libraries Scripter Award. His works have been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards. He was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford.
Gerard Doyle, a seasoned audio narrator, he has been awarded dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008, and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He was born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London’s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. He has taught drama at Ross School for the several years.