Discover The Secret Hours,the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fansNow a major TV series starring Gary OldmanTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Sets a new bar for spy fiction'Financial TimesIn 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'Observer
Publisher: John Murray PressISBN: 9781399803090Number of pages: 352Weight: 280 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
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Herron does not seek to be John le Carre - his is a wryer,more ironic style; faster,more down to earth,with rapid prose that grabs you by the throat. If you haven't read him yet,do so nowThe best thriller writer in Britain todayThis series is bitingly intelligent,light of touch and frequently hilariousMick Herron is fast becoming the go-to author for British espionage...Aficionados can expect Herron's trademark snappy dialogue,memorably flawed characters and sharp political observationHerron is superior to the vast majority of thriller writers at their best,and there's no shortage here of reliable treats ranging from messy,inept gunfights to brutally sarcastic dialogueEvery bit as captivating as its predecessors...like a pin-sharp sitcom that happens to include murder and high politics,they purr along on the gracelessness and ineptitude of the self-deluding Slow Horses,the unmatchable Lamb,and the crackling writing that has made all six in the series unmissableA delight - an ingeniously plotted thriller,delivered in bone dry,sublimely sardonic styleHerron's morbidly witty backdrop hosts incisive storytelling with a rich mix of engaging charactersWell observed,angry and deeply sad,Joe Country is fundamentally about injustice...It is a rare novelist who can make such unrelenting misery so funnyMick Herron's Slough House spy thrillers are by now,one of the least well-kept secrets in espionage fiction. Everyone with even half an eye on the genre knows he is somewhere near the top...Herron is a fine,often glorious sentence-by-sentence writer,and fiercely funny with his dialogue...a hugely satisfying addition to the seriesHerron's running jokes with language are part of the fun,and his corpulent,politically incorrect and scatalogically creative eminence noir Jackson Lamb is the icing on the cakeIf you haven't yet immersed yourself in the world of Slough House,the arena for Herron's jaded and thoroughly imperfect spies,you've a treat in store...Combining espionage,ennui and deadpan humour,they set a new bar for spy fictionA complex,accomplished novel by the best thriller writer in Britain today
Mick Herron
Kicking off with 2010's Slow Horses,Mick Herron's Slough House series has lit a match under the British spy genre. With its world-wary coterie of misfits and starring the cunning Jackson Lamb,Herron is now at the front rank of espionage fiction and considered by many to be the true spiritual successor to Len Deighton.
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