Shortlisted for the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year
A Spectator (UK) Pick of Best Books of the Year
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die.
In Slough House, the London outpost for disgraced MI5 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 is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process. And 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 agents out to even the score.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Suspense, spycraft, dry wit, and vulgar humor are all well-deployed in this satisfying work by Mr. Herron, whose style can accommodate everything from a tough action scene to a lyrical elegy.” — Wall Street Journal
“Herron blends character, place, and espionage into a riveting melange that I’ve only encountered in the best of John le Carré or Len Deighton.” — Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“John le Carré with an extra dose of dry humor.” —Seattle Times
Mick Herron, British novelist and short story writer, is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and three standalone novels .His work has won the
CWA Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement in Crime Writing, the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, the Theakstons Novel of the Year Award, the Barry award, and
the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and his books have been nominated for the Macavity and Shamus awards. Slow Horses and Down Cemetery Road are both Apple TV+ productions. He is a
fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford.
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