Peter Judd, now home secretary, has plans to use the situation for his own ends, but his Tiger Team have motives of their own which dont necessarily ally with Judds. Meanwhile, Claude Whelan, current First Desk, is caught between a weak PM and a populist MP flushed from a successful Brexit referendum. Please let River live. Lamb and his team flee the property before "The Dogs" arrive, knowing that since the operation has not gone to plan that Slough House will be blamed. Its hard to miss the promotion on television and online for Slow Horses, as the earliest in Mick Herrons Slough House spy novels jumps genre into an Apple TV+ show featuring Gary Oldman. There are hysterical episodes, ridiculous circumstances hard to accept and poignant moments for good measure. On the other hand, having waited so bloody long to find out what happened to Sid and have her come back I would be pissed off if the two couldnt resume a friendship just to see where it goes. Over the course of the Slough House series, there have been a number of plot threads that have been left open for future stories. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. He took on Standish as his office manager unknown to her to protect her from being imprisoned as a traitor. So much of the story is the thoughts of the characters and I wonder how that will be conveyed. LOOK AWAY NOW. He never gifts them glory, barely grants them a tolerable existence and never hesitates to kill one or two of them off if the plot requires it. Lamb and Taverner will have to work together to maintain MI5s independence, but can they put their history of betrayal and revenge behind them? Lamb instead leaves Katinsky with one bullet left in his revolver, and Katinsky kills himself. Did keeping Mins son safe finally allow her to be at peace with Mins death? (LogOut/ Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice*. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into . River Cartwright, is away in Kent, mourning the death of the OB, short for the Old Bastard who was Cartwrights grandfather, surrogate father and was a service legend. Just get ready for a jaw-dropping development at the start - and a poignant ending. . Shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards including The CWA Steel and Gold Daggers, and The Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon, Claire Harper calls Slough House for help after her teenage son, Lucas, goes missing. Eventually Lamb reveals that he's guilt-stricken because he gave Partner the gun that he used to shoot himself. 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. One of the first things to appreciate is that each novel is an underdog story a group of individuals, under-qualified and under-resourced, who have to beat their better-off cousins at The Park to save the day. This novel is a series highlight for me, and went on to win the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award as well as being shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, The British Book Awards and The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon, A North Korean hit squad is conducting a terror operation on British soil, and one particular fly in the ointment is that the plan they are working to is one of the Parks own. Curly prepares to kill Hassan outside what he believes is a Norman castle, which Ahmed points out is actually a folly. First Slow Horse book, after reading quite a few chapters, i could not get Into. 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. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. Involving themselves in the drama, the slow horses soon realise that the machinations of The Park are even more twisted than they could ever have imagined. However, they cant afford to ignore the assassination, on UK soil, of a Russian defector. It turns out that the British term bad actor means a person whos done things that are harmful, illegal, or immoral. Well, that would be another book spoiler that could affect future seasons, so LOOK AWAY NOW. When I receive the latest in this series, there is zero chance its going to sit there patiently waiting its turn. I dunno. I agree. Notable other characters appearing in more than one season include: Notable other characters appearing in Season 1 - Slow Horses include: Notable other characters appearing in Season 2 - Dead Lions include: After making a serious mistake during a live training exercise at Stansted Airport, MI5 agent River Cartwright is demoted to dead end work at Slough House in lieu of being fired. Isnt he explicitly compared to Spall in of the of the early books? We soon discover that Lamb is playing a deception game and that River has instead brought the O.B. 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. After locating the photo and evading security, he and Lamb threaten to reveal Taverner's operation to the Director-General and the press. I did put in my preorder for BAD ACTORS this week and am counting down until it arrives. Your email address will not be published. Louisa Guy goes to Pembrokeshire to find him; after all she had been in a relationship with Min, another slow horse and Lucas father. The website's critical consensus says, "Slow Horses says nay to the sophomore jinx with a second season that might be even better than its supremely addictive predecessor. He's a serious young man, and of all the slow horses the most upset at his demotion. Min wasnt killed by her car, and she was not driving. Roddy Ho is the computer whiz, uber-geek and the butt of everyones jokes, not just Lambs. Slough House is the seventh book in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series by award-winning British author, Mick Herron. Thats not to say there isnt heartbreak. Cartwright is able to rescue Roddy Ho before he can be taken into custody, but Min and Louisa are unable to stop their colleague Struan from being taken from his home by operatives. All we know about her on the show is that she's lonely and misses being part of a team. 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. Another semi-c0mpetent agent, Louisa is a little more able than most of Slough House's denizens. River Cartwright, the protagonist of the novel, was going places. Top 9 Burning Questions going in to Slough House, The Oxford Series and other Mick Herron novels, Barbican Station A Slough House Podcast. What is known about Cartwright's death and what the two cases have in common. But Bad Actors, eighth in the series, has no connection to performance, despite the title that might immediately pop a stage into the back of an American readers mind. Not crucial questions but worth thinking about . I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. 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. Lamb meets with Nikolai Katinsky, an ex-KGB agent and defector. Lamb theorises that Slough House is going to be blamed for whatever operation Regent's Park is running and be disavowed if it fails. Herrons Slough House is a discard group for MI5 spies whove messed up and now get tedious assignments sorting through social media or phone books or worse. This is my favorite type of book - clever humor (esp British) with a good story. Forming a protective ring around him, they stopped chief dog Nick Duffy from shooting him from a helicopter. (Had to listen 4-5 times to audiobook last chapters of novel previous to this one. He alleges when stationed in East Berlin he overheard Popov demanding the cicada program remain funded after the fall of the Soviet Union. Skripal and his daughter were badly poisoned, but eventually recovered. Catherine Standish is a middle-aged recovering alcoholic whose misfortune it was to be the personal assistant to a traitor. What the Slow Horses did manage to do was foil Di Taverner's plan to mop up her mess by executing the remaining kidnapper. I also think that Louisa has really stepped up to be MVP in terms of spy ability so it would be good to see her continue to move front and centre, especially as there will doubtless be some kind of additional call back to those diamonds and her affair with Min. River is tempted to reveal that it's really very obviously because he's "an insufferable prick". Lamb "returns" Duffy's car to Regent's Park Headquarters and demands to speak with Taverner. Part of the popularity of the series lies in the fact these books simply make you feel good. Herron does his usual, clever job of merging these strands into one and theres a lot of fun to be had in seeing how it ties in with the continuing battle between Lamb and Lady Di over control of Slough House and its resources. Louisa and Longridge pursue and kill Pashkin when he attempts to escape the Glasshouse, having betrayed and killed Piotr to steal an extra stash of diamonds along the way. After the Berlin Wall came down, he tells her, spy networks were being rolled up across Europe, and everyone was paranoid about old scores being settled. Change). 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. Their boss, Jackson Lamb is still keeping his team busy with pointless and unproductive assignments: following up social media absconders (#gonequiet), failures to pay fines or potential safe-houses for non-friendlies. The Strays stars explain Netflix thriller's finale, Alice in Borderland season 2 ending explained. [12][10], In June 2022, ahead of the second season premiere, the series was renewed for third and fourth seasons, which will be based on the next novels in the series, Real Tigers and Spook Street. Its not universally true no-one likes the character Roddy Ho, for example but River Cartwright and Catherine Standish form a bond, as do Louisa Guy and Min Harper, and Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge. 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. She is the sensible mother figure of the group. In the aftermath, a dead body in the elder Cartwright's home is identified by Jackson Lamb as being that of River Cartwright. Believing he was targeted also, Lamb investigates Rebecca, the driver, and discovers she has connections to Russia and previously lived in Vladivostok. At the head of this seeming hodgepodge of debris stands the Falstaffian Jackson Lamb. In the dilapidated offices of Slough House, these files spooks spend their time on various pointless tasks, designed to break their will and bring about their resignations, avoiding the hassle, expense and bad publicity of employment tribunals. The audio version is narrated by Sean Barrett. I'm *beyond excited* to have received an ARC from those lovely people at John Murray (thank you!) Jackson Lamb wasnt demoted to Slough House he was given the post, at his request, after Charles Partner died. The only clue he finds is an undelivered text Cicadas. It brings to a close several series plots and leads to at last one emotional farewell to a series character. Constant budget constraints have left the Park unable to respond to Russian provocation. $380-932/person per day, plus sea transport from Cartwright $200-400/person (return). But there may be a flavor of wicked humor remaining in what one does afterwardalong with great satisfaction at what Lamb and the Slow Horses pull out of their grubby, out-of-fashion hats. Dead Lions: When River Cartwright screwed up, he was sent to the Slough House. Those consigned there are known as "Slow Horses". Slovenly, rude, and apparently drunk most of the time. Quite young and still deluding herself that the infamous Diana Taverner will take her back into important operations, Ashley is also obsessed with the source of her demotion: Jackson Lamb, head of Slough House. Reviewing and collecting spy fiction and nonfiction. 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