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Slow Horses

The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 1)

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Slow Horses

Yazan: Mick Herron
Seslendiren: Sean Barrett
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*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*

'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The Times

'To have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one's career; and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron's novels - the heir, in a way, to le Carré - is a terrific thing' Gary Oldman

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Spooks are supposed to be stealthy . . . But those who make a noisy mess of their careers end up in Slough House.

This is Jackson Lamb's kingdom: a dumping ground for spies who've screwed up. Once high fliers, they're now slow horses, condemned to a life of pushing paper as punishment for crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal. In drab and mildewed offices, these highly trained spies moan and squabble, stare at the walls, and dream of better days - not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a slow horse, and the one thing they have in common is their desire to be back in the action.

So when a young man is kidnapped and held hostage, his beheading scheduled for live broadcast on the net, the slow horses aren't going to just sit quietly and watch. And unless they can prove they're not as useless as they're thought to be, a public execution is going to echo round the world.

'The most enjoyable British spy novel in years' Mail on Sunday

'The new spy master' Evening Standard Crime Thrillers Espionage Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Ortadan Kaybolma Heyecan verici Soğuk Savaş
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Praise for Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb series:
The new spy master
Jackson Lamb - the most fascinating and irresistible thriller series hero to emerge since Jack Reacher
As a master of wit, satire, insight . . . Herron is difficult to overpraise
The finest new crime series this Millennium
The best modern British spy series
The John le Carré of our generation
Mick Herron is the real deal
If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers. Better still, read the whole series
Surely among the finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years
With his poet's eye for detail, his comic timing and relish for violence, Herron fills a gap that has been yawning ever since Len Deighton retired
The most enjoyable spy novel in years
A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story
I was delighted to discover that this is merely the first in a captivating series
The first of his series about MI5 and a character called Jackson Lamb, one of the great monsters of modern fiction. He's a wonderfully cynical writer and there's a lot of dark humour in it. I'm not clever enough to write this sort of thing
I was delighted to discover Mick Herron's riotous Slow Horses series about the black sheep of MI5
For something really gripping, head for Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb series, in which a sidelined spook and his cohorts battle their way back to the centre of a life of espionage. Begin with Slow Horses and enjoy
Mick Herron's Slow Horses series has all the thrills of John Le Carre or Len Deighton with a black humour
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I nearly gave up due to the very slow exposition after the initial opening. The repetitive style of the writing is irritating but this is worth staying with; a good listen and well performed.

Slow start but worth sticking with

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My new favourite series. This started slowly and I wondered if it was too much in the Le Carre mould for me, but the initial introduction to the characters is essential for establishing your allegiance as a reader. Slough House is the slow burning fuse to Regent's Park's powder keg and in the true British spirit the underdogs 'blow the bloody doors off'. I defy anyone not to crown Lamb with laurels and hail him as their new fictional hero.
I'm already investing in the series.
Oh, and masterfully narrated by Sean Barrett - his pace is spot on.

Gripping

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Sean Barrett has the perfect London voice for this story. A beautiful labyrinthine mix of emotional cruelty and self-serving power brokers plus all the bickering sarcasm a good writer can fashion into a fascinating story. The characters are drawn in depth in a prose style Le Carre would be proud of though here the Smiley character has the manners of an ageing delinquent.

London Rules. The complexities of Joes and suits.

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I came upon Slow Horses after seeing the trailer for the Apple TV series adapting Mick Herron’s book and while I had nether heard of the author, nor watched the TV series, it sparked enough interest to give the book a try.

And I am pleased I did so, as this first book in the series has Rowen to be a gem. A good mix of likeable(and dislikeable) characters, a fulfilling enough plot with enough of a mix of twists, expected arcs, tension (and the lack of it) to keep it interesting.

Yet above all, it is the dialogue - particularly around Jackson Lamb - and the narration thereof which is an absolute joy. Having so thoroughly enjoyed Sean Barrett’s portrayal of Lamb, I’m not sure how I’ll take to Gary Oldman’s very different accent in the TV version, so I will probably listen to all the audiobooks first.

Anyone who enjoys a good British spy yarn from Le Carré to Spooks will find this a satisfying tale and will find themselves suppressing many a smile and chuckle at the deft, dry banter and earthy & colourful descriptive flourishes.

Heartily recommended.

A well crafted spy tale, deftly narrated.

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Superbly read. Cracking plot - characters so well drawn.
Doesn’t take long for the Slow Horses to feel like family.
I’m very easily bored, but these characters lives really mattered.
No time to write more, I have to download the next book in the series.

Gripping, witty, compulsive listening

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