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Slough House
- Slough House, Book 7
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*
*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
**THE TIMES THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR**
***WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022***
The seventh 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.
'Kill us? They've never needed to kill us,' said Lamb. 'I mean, look at us. What would be the point?'
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. 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 with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for.
Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried they've been pushed further into the cold. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew are feeling paranoid. But have they actually been targeted?
With a new populist movement taking a grip on London's streets, and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to requirements. The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass.
But the slow horses aren't famed for making wise decisions.
Critic reviews
"The new king of the spy thriller." (Mail on Sunday)
"Razor-sharp prose, fully formed characters and an underlying pathos make this series the most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War." (The Times)
"As a master of wit, satire, insight...Herron is difficult to overpraise." (Daily Telegraph)
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- Kent Bird Lover
- 12-11-23
Another 12 stars for Mick Herron & the Slow Horses
They may be the Park's rejects, but they can still kick ass. OK, not always the right ass, but they certainly get some action in this episode. And what a shocker of an ending! Downloading Book 8 right now!
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- Sorrell Kinley
- 24-02-21
Contemporary espionage thriller
This most recent Mick Herron book can be read as a standalone, although some prior knowledge of the various characters and their previous machinations was helpful. Herron paints his characters so well that you can see them playing out this wonderfully complex tale as Sean Barrett voices all of them brilliantly. Herron has woven in recent real life spook events too so that this book really comes to life as you listen. He also leaves the reader/listener hanging at the end...I can’t wait for the next in the series!
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- Mark
- 13-02-21
Lockdown Bliss
I imagine the combination of Jackson Lamb, Roddy Ho, Peter Judd, Shirley Dander and Diane Taverner to be the dinner guests from hell but in Mick Herron's hands and Sean Barrett's voice they are heaven sent Spook Street guests. They are by turns droll, sharp, witty, snide, vain, ruthless, crude, topical, cynical and strangely sentimental not to mention laugh out loud hilarious in a timely plot that ends on a savagely beautiful cliffhanger of a final chapter. I always fancied Brian Cox for the TV Jackson Lamb so let's see what Gary Oldman makes of it. And as for the casting of Roddy Ho, I can't wait to see who gets that plum role.
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- Mr. N. J. Richardson
- 21-02-22
Staggeringly good.
A total return to form. Possibly the best of the series. Brilliantly nasty, totally Jackson.
Don't die.
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- KarenW
- 10-06-22
The usual brilliance from Mick Heron
I love this series by Mick Heron. It’s wonderfully witty, utterly incisive and outrageously addictive. The audible narration by Sean Barrett is sublime. I see Apple has made the books into a tv series…I haven’t seen it and not entirely sure I’d want to, for fear of being disappointed if it didn’t live up to the books. If you haven’t aquatinted yourself with the Slow Horses yet, then what are you waiting for?
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- Trahearn
- 08-07-23
Another great tale!
Love this book series! The narrator is excellent.
Story gripping but also very humorous at points!
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- Tim
- 24-03-24
They keep on coming
Great progression from previous storylines with amazing twists and turns. Congratulations again on another classic
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- d j.
- 05-02-21
Gripping
Having waited months for the latest instalment I was not disappointed to hear the adventures of Jackson Lamb and his Slow Horses.
Could not stop listening and have finished it in a day.
Very much looking forward to the screen version starring Gary Oldman and I could easily visualise how this will pan out.
Fantastic listen.
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- MC
- 10-02-21
exceptional, as usual
cannot wait for the next episode. just hope the tv version does not destroy my imaginings of the characters brought to life by Sean Barret' s excellent reading
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- Miss
- 09-02-21
Bring on the next Slough House novel
Jackson Lamb fans shouldn't be disappointed. The surviving crew are being tailed, but by whom? Perfect narrator.
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