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  1. Book Review: Slow Horses, Mick Herron

    A slow horse is a member of MI5 working from Slough House - an outpost of "Five" for the outcasts and the failures and the mistakes. It is neither a house nor is it in Slough, but as the joke about the etymology of the name goes, a discussion and gossip between spies that runs. Lamb's been banished.

  2. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

    Slow Horses by Mick Herron is the first in the Slough House series, and a more different and intriguing plot I haven't read in awhile. After an explosive start, it settled into a slow and plodding plot, with twists, conspiracy theories, blame cast on others and more. Slow Horses is definitely worth the read and I'm looking forward to book #2.

  3. 'Slow Horses' review: A gleefully corrosive vision of British ...

    The slow horses get caught up in the scheming of MI5's icy second in command, Diana Taverner — played by a perfectly cast Kristin Scott Thomas — and by a posh, amoral conservative M.P. who ...

  4. Review: Slow Horses (Slough House #1) by Mick Herron

    The "slow horses," as they're called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated there. Maybe they botched an Op so badly they can't be trusted anymore. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle—not unusual in this ...

  5. Is Mick Herron the Best Spy Novelist of His Generation?

    In 2008, he began writing "Slow Horses," a ticking-clock political thriller in which white nationalists calling themselves the Sons of Albion kidnap a British Muslim standup comic and live ...

  6. Slough House novels by Mick Herron, the basis for Slow Horses

    Like many spy novels, the books in Mick Herron's Slough House series begin with action scenes: a brutal assault on a village, an MI5 agent chasing a suicide bomber through an airport. But as die ...

  7. I Read Mick Herron's SLOW HORSES (Slough House #1)

    River is handsome, capable, smart, but while in pursuit of a terrorist in the London tube, he "mistook" the suspect, tackled the wrong person and let the Tube blow up with myriad passengers. Truly, River is "in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes.". But Lamb, River, and the rest of the slow horses, because the spook world is one of ...

  8. Slow Horses

    Book Reviews on... Buy now Listen now. Slow Horses by Mick Herron. Slow Horses is a spy novel and the first book in Mick Herron's Slough House series. Recommendations from our site "In culture, if you do something new, something original, something that hasn't been seen before, you will be rewarded. Mick's books are hugely popular, not ...

  9. Slow Horses by Mick Herron book review

    Slow Horses final rating - 4.25/5. Slow Horses is a big name in the crime genre at the moment and so I felt I had to read it. It started off a little slow but once I realised there was a comedic element and gre accustomed to Mick Herron's writing style, I started to really enjoy it. The story wasn't too deep and therefore easy to follow ...

  10. Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Slow Horses (Slough House Book 1)

    The ones who stick around are called "slow horses," hence the title of this book. Slow Horses opens with MI5 officer River Cartwright tracking a suspected terrorist through King's Cross, one of Lond's major railway stations. Unfortunately, the terrorist detonates a suicide vest before he can be apprehended, killing scores and causing ...

  11. 'Slow Horses' Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Failure

    75. Gary Oldman stars as a faded spy overseeing an office full of MI5 losers in "Slow Horses," based on the Mick Herron novel. Jack English/Apple TV+. By Mike Hale. March 31, 2022. When he ...

  12. Book review: Slow Horses by Mick Herron

    Book review: Slow Horses by Mick Herron. Originally published in 2010, Slow Horses is the first of Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb series about a band of misfits; former spooks who've been cast out of MI5 for all sorts of nefarious deeds. The first three books in the series are being re-published prior to the release of the fourth, Spook Street ...

  13. Book Review: SLOW HORSES by Mick Herron

    Book Review: SLOW HORSES by Mick Herron. Slough House where MI5 agents are sent when they've royally screwed up, with the hope that those agents will take the hint and resign from the service. Slow Horses, as they are called, are led by the reject of all MI5 rejects, Jackson Lamb, a slobbish, lazy has been with dark secrets in his past.

  14. The complete guide to Mick Herron's Slough House series

    First Slow Horse book, after reading quite a few chapters, i could not get Into. Hoped my favorite character would return. (Had to listen 4-5 times to audiobook last chapters of novel previous to this one. Still in disbelief.) Love Heron's London, his wit, capability with language and how skillfully characters and plots are crafted.

  15. Slow Horses by Mick Herron, a Mysterious Review

    Slow Horses is a little slow to start and uneven in places, but as a suspense novel, overall it is a good one. Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Slow Horses. Acknowledgment: Soho Press provided a copy of Slow Horses for this review. Selected reviews of other mysteries by this author ….

  16. Slow Horses (Slough House)

    Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition) (Slough House) $12.29. (22,073) In Stock. The first book in CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage series starring a team of MI5 agents united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. London, England: Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while ...

  17. Slow Horses by Mick Herron

    Slow Horses. Mick Herron. Soho Constable, 25 (336pp) ISBN 978-1-56947-643-7. Banished to London's Slough House—the junkyard for disgraced MI5 agents—for botching a high-profile training ...

  18. Mick Herron's Surprise Career as a Blockbuster Spy Novelist

    Herron's latest book, "The Secret Hours," is a stand-alone novel on the periphery of the "Slow Horses" universe whose focus is a slow-walking inquiry into historical wrongdoing in MI5 ...

  19. I binge-watched this great British spy series

    Slow Horses gets its title from the derisive nickname that the rest of British intelligence uses for Slough House agents. The show reminds me of John le Carré novels, which have lots of complex characters and complicated plots. (In fact, Slow Horses is based on a series of novels by British novelist Mick Herron.) Lamb clearly resents getting ...

  20. Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition) (Slough House)

    — The Crime Review (UK) " Slow Horses is a fine thriller . . . it's also a wonderfully funny, farcical, deeply cynical skewering of politics, bureaucrats, turf wars, and the Great Game." — Booklist Praise for Mick Herron "Mick Herron never tells a suspense story in the expected way . . . In Herron's book, there is no hiding under ...

  21. Slow Horses

    Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron.The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. The second series, Dead Lions, premiered on 2 December 2022. In June 2022, the series was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series premiered on 29 November 2023. Showrunner Will Smith has stated that the fourth ...

  22. All of Mick Herron's Slough House (Slow Horses) Books in Order

    Since the first book came out back in 2010, Mick Herron's Slough House series has been a favourite among fans of spy novels. With the 2022 release of the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, however, it's come onto the radar of an entirely new set of people - many of them addicted to the twists and turns and delightful subterfuge of London spy life.

  23. Gary Oldman, Sharp Writing Carry Very Entertaining Slow Horses

    Based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Mick Herron, "Slow Horses" opens with an intense action scene in which an MI5 agent named River Cartwright (the great Jack Lowden of "Dunkirk" and the upcoming "Benediction") is trying to apprehend a potential bombing suspect at Heathrow Airport. It all goes very wrong, and Cartwright, despite having a legacy in the spy business thanks to ...

  24. Slow Horses season 4: All we know from plot details to new cast members

    Here's all we know about Slow Horses season 4, from plot details to new cast members and release date speculation. The series stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, who presides over a group of failed ...