Slow Horses: Slough House Thriller 1 by Mick Herron Paperback Book

Description: Slow Horses by Mick Herron The TV tie-in edition for Slow Horses, the critically acclaimed first book in Mick Herrons bestselling Slough House series, now a major Apple TV series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger AwardThe finest new crime series this Millennium Mail on SundaySlough House is a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service whove screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. Theyre the services poor relations - the slow horses - and most bitter among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations.But when a young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to behead him live on the internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. But is the victim who he first appears to be? And whats the kidnappers connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda . . . Author Biography Mick Herron is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Slough House thrillers, which have won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award, two CWA Daggers, been published in twenty-five languages, and are the basis of a major TV series starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. He is also the author of the Zoe Boehm series, and the standalone novels Nobody Walks and The Secret Hours. Mick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford. Review Praise for Mick Herrons Jackson Lamb series: * . *The new spy master * Evening Standard *Jackson Lamb - the most fascinating and irresistible thriller series hero to emerge since Jack Reacher * Sunday Times *As a master of wit, satire, insight . . . Herron is difficult to overpraise * Daily Telegraph *The finest new crime series this Millennium * Mail on Sunday *The best modern British spy series * Daily Express *The John le Carré of our generation * Val McDermid *Mick Herron is the real deal * Irish Times *If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers. Better still, read the whole series * Andrew Taylor, The Spectator *Surely among the finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years * Metro *With his poets eye for detail, his comic timing and relish for violence, Herron fills a gap that has been yawning ever since Len Deighton retired * Daily Telegraph *The most enjoyable spy novel in years * Mail on Sunday *A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story * Guardian *I was delighted to discover that this is merely the first in a captivating series * Herald *The first of his series about MI5 and a character called Jackson Lamb, one of the great monsters of modern fiction. Hes a wonderfully cynical writer and theres a lot of dark humour in it. Im not clever enough to write this sort of thing * Daily Express *I was delighted to discover Mick Herrons riotous Slow Horses series about the black sheep of MI5 * Big Issue *For something really gripping, head for Mick Herrons 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 * Observer *Mick Herrons Slow Horses series has all the thrills of John Le Carre or Len Deighton with a black humour * Daily Mail (Scotland) *One of the most consistently enjoyable literary achievements of the past decade * The Times * Long Description Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award The finest new crime series this Millennium Mail on Sunday Slough House is a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service whove screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. Theyre the services poor relations - the slow horses - and most bitter among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations.But when a young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to behead him live on the internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. But is the victim who he first appears to be? And whats the kidnappers connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda . . . Review Quote The finest new crime series this Millennium Promotional "Headline" The TV tie-in edition for Slow Horses , the critically acclaimed first book in Mick Herrons bestselling Slough House series, now a major Apple TV series starring Gary Oldman and Kristen Scott Thomas Details ISBN152939404X Author Mick Herron Series Slough House Thriller Year 2022 ISBN-10 152939404X ISBN-13 9781529394047 Format Paperback Pages 336 Imprint Baskerville Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher John Murray Press Publication Date 2022-03-31 UK Release Date 2022-03-31 Subtitle Slough House Thriller 1 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-03-28 NZ Release Date 2022-03-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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