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The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 6)
Series: Slough House Thriller
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The sixth book in the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning, Slough House series, featuring Mick Herron's much loved band of disgraced spies and their notorious leader, Jackson Lamb, 'the most fascinating and irresistible thriller series hero to emerge since Jack Reacher' (Sunday Times)
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Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times
In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.
With winter taking its grip, Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible for killing a slow horse breaks cover at last, Lamb sends his crew out to even the score.
This time, they're heading into joe country. And they're not all coming home.
'The go-to author for British espionage' Guardian 'Bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious' ObserverSeries: Slough House Thriller
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Slow Horses
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 'The finest new crime series this Millennium' - Mail on Sunday Slow Horses is set in Slough House, a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations —...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Slow Horses
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award The finest new crime series this Millennium - Mail on Sunday Slow Horses is set in Slough House, a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've messed up: perhaps left a service file on a train, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They are the service's poor relations...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Dead Lions
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday From the Intelligence Service purgatory that is Slough House, where disgraced spies are sent to see out the dregs of their careers, Jackson Lamb is on his way to Oxford, where a former spook has turned up dead on a bus. Dickie...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Dead Lions
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday Dead Lions by Mick Herron masterfully intertwines wit and suspense, placing us once again within the grimy walls of Slough House—a dumping ground for the disgraced and the demoted of the British Intelligence Service. Jackson Lamb, the irreverent and sharp-witted leader of...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Real Tigers
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER AND THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers' The Spectator 'The finest new crime series this millennium' Mail on Sunday Catherine Standish knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks. She's worked in...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Spook Street
Now a major TV series, Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman 'A terrific spy novel' – Ian Rankin 'A modern masterpiece' – Irish Times Twenty years retired from the Intelligence Service, David Cartwright still knows where all the bones are buried. But when he forgets that secrets are supposed to stay hidden, there's suddenly a target on his back. The 'Old...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
London Rules
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 'The UK's new spy master' Sunday Times London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister,...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Joe Country
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Slough House
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The best thriller writer in Britain today' Daily Express 'As a master of wit, satire, insight... Herron is difficult to overpraise' Daily Telegraph 'The greatest comic writer of spy fiction in the English language' The Times 'Kill us? They've never needed to kill us,' said Lamb. 'I mean, look at us. What...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Bad Actors
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A pitch-perfect espionage thriller' Sunday Times 'The foremost living spy novelist in the English language' New Statesman In MI5, a scandal is brewing and there are bad actors everywhere. A key member of a Downing Street think-tank has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, one-time First...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Clown Town
The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns. Or so David Cartwright used to say, but he forgot to add they can be dangerous too, especially if they've fallen...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseClown Town
The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do. Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather—a legendary former spy—long dead, River...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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Joe Country by Mick Herron is acclaimed for its sharp wit, fast-paced and ironic style, and richly flawed characters. Critics highlight Herron's expertise in espionage fiction, marked by incisive storytelling and snappy dialogue. The novel is praised for its mix of humour and deep-seated themes like injustice, capturing the essence of his popular Slough House series with a blend of intelligence, humour, and political observation. The prose is described as both captivating and humorous, making it a celebrated addition to Herron's body of work.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399803090
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 March 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Baskerville
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Mick Herron is the author of the bestselling Slough House novels, which have won two CWA Daggers, been published in 20 languages, and are the basis of a major forthcoming TV series starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. He is also the author of the Zoe Boehm series, and the standalone novels Reconstruction and This is What Happened. Mick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford.
Also by Mick Herron
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Slow Horses
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award The finest new crime series this Millennium - Mail on Sunday Slow Horses is set in Slough House, a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've messed up: perhaps left a service file on a train, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They are the service's poor relations...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Drop & The List
Two SLOUGH HOUSE Novellas The Drop 'It is time Mick Herron was recognised in his own right as the best thriller writer in Britain today' Sunday Express Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone café, he knows he's...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Slough House
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The best thriller writer in Britain today' Daily Express 'As a master of wit, satire, insight... Herron is difficult to overpraise' Daily Telegraph 'The greatest comic writer of spy fiction in the English language' The Times 'Kill us? They've never needed to kill us,' said Lamb. 'I mean, look at us. What...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
London Rules
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 'The UK's new spy master' Sunday Times London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister,...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Down Cemetery Road
From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson 'If you haven't read Zoe Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' — Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' — Daily Telegraph It's an evening...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Slow Horses
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 'The finest new crime series this Millennium' - Mail on Sunday Slow Horses is set in Slough House, a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations —...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Secret Hours
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A 'Book of the Year' in The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Spectator, Sunday Express, TLS, Irish Times 'Pure class' – Ian Rankin 'Pitch-perfect' – Lee Child 'A powerful standalone spy thriller from a true contemporary master' – Daily Telegraph Trying to investigate the Secret Service is like trying to get rid...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Smoke and Whispers
From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson 'If you haven't read Zoe Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' - Val McDermid, author of Past Lying 'This is one of those novels where you read it, not just to see what happens at the end, but...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Dead Lions
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday Dead Lions by Mick Herron masterfully intertwines wit and suspense, placing us once again within the grimy walls of Slough House—a dumping ground for the disgraced and the demoted of the British Intelligence Service. Jackson Lamb, the irreverent and sharp-witted leader of...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Dead Lions
Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman 'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday From the Intelligence Service purgatory that is Slough House, where disgraced spies are sent to see out the dregs of their careers, Jackson Lamb is on his way to Oxford, where a former spook has turned up dead on a bus. Dickie...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Reconstruction
'Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison' Publishers Weekly Reconstruction by Mick Herron is a gripping novel where a supposed simple task turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman. When an operational catastrophe places a gun in the hands of a young man who then breaks...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Why We Die
From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson If you haven't read Zoe Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' - Val McDermid, author of Past Lying Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He's also a tricky plotter - New...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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