Overview

THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIRST SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB. Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author, discussion questions for book clubs, and an exclusive short story featuring the slow horses. London, England: Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what’s left of their failed careers. 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 line of work. One thing they have in common, though, is they want to be back in the action. And most of them would do anything to get there─even if it means having to collaborate with one another. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, the slow horses see an opportunity to redeem themselves. But is the victim really who he appears to be?

Full Product Details

9781641292979

Table of Contents

Reviews

Praise for Slow Horses It's just great fun. -NPR, Morning Edition A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story . . . Memorably seedy characters, sharp dialogue, complex plot. I'm hooked. -The Guardian This is blackly funny, tense and worryingly plausible. The most enjoyable British spy novel in years. -Mail on Sunday, Five-star Review [A] deliciously sleazy and sophisticated spy thriller. -The Irish Times These are terrific novels. The writing is very good. The sense of humour is there, and there's a certain amount of skepticism as well, which keeps you wanting to read. -J.D. Singh, CBC's The Next Chapter Subtle, detailed and utterly convincing. -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 the desk. -The New York Times Book Review The sharpest spy fiction since John Le Carre. -NPR's Fresh Air Stylish and engaging. -The Washington Post [A] masterful thriller . . . The intricate plot, coupled with Herron's breezy writing style, results in superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison. -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Like a good movie . . . grabs the reader from the first page. -Booklist, Starred Review

Praise for Slow Horses It's just great fun. --NPR, Morning Edition A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story . . . Memorably seedy characters, sharp dialogue, complex plot. I'm hooked. --The Guardian This is blackly funny, tense and worryingly plausible. The most enjoyable British spy novel in years. --Mail on Sunday, Five-star Review [A] deliciously sleazy and sophisticated spy thriller. --The Irish Times These are terrific novels. The writing is very good. The sense of humour is there, and there's a certain amount of skepticism as well, which keeps you wanting to read. --J.D. Singh, CBC's The Next Chapter Subtle, detailed and utterly convincing. --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 the desk. --The New York Times Book Review The sharpest spy fiction since John Le Carre. --NPR's Fresh Air Stylish and engaging. --The Washington Post [A] masterful thriller . . . The intricate plot, coupled with Herron's breezy writing style, results in superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Like a good movie . . . grabs the reader from the first page. --Booklist, Starred Review

Praise for Slow Horses It's just great fun. --NPR, Morning Edition A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story . . . Memorably seedy characters, sharp dialogue, complex plot. I'm hooked. --The Guardian This is blackly funny, tense and worryingly plausible. The most enjoyable British spy novel in years. --Mail on Sunday, Five-star Review [A] deliciously sleazy and sophisticated spy thriller. --The Irish Times These are terrific novels. The writing is very good. The sense of humour is there, and there's a certain amount of skepticism as well, which keeps you wanting to read. --J.D. Singh, CBC's The Next Chapter Subtle, detailed and utterly convincing. --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 the desk. --The New York Times Book Review The sharpest spy fiction since John Le Carre. --NPR's Fresh Air Stylish and engaging. --The Washington Post [A] masterful thriller . . . The intricate plot, coupled with Herron's breezy writing style, results in superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Like a good movie . . . grabs the reader from the first page. --Booklist, Starred Review

Praise for Slow Horses I'll tell you what, 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 Carre--is a terrific thing. --Gary Oldman It's just great fun. --NPR, Morning Edition A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story . . . Memorably seedy characters, sharp dialogue, complex plot. I'm hooked. --The Guardian This is blackly funny, tense and worryingly plausible. The most enjoyable British spy novel in years. --Mail on Sunday, Five-star Review [A] deliciously sleazy and sophisticated spy thriller. --The Irish Times These are terrific novels. The writing is very good. The sense of humour is there, and there's a certain amount of skepticism as well, which keeps you wanting to read. --J.D. Singh, CBC's The Next Chapter Subtle, detailed and utterly convincing. --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 the desk. --The New York Times Book Review The sharpest spy fiction since John Le Carre. --NPR's Fresh Air Stylish and engaging. --The Washington Post [A] masterful thriller . . . The intricate plot, coupled with Herron's breezy writing style, results in superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Like a good movie . . . grabs the reader from the first page. --Booklist, Starred Review

Author Information

Mick Herron is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. He is the author of six books in the Slough House series (Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers, Spook Street, London Rules, and the novella The List) and four Oxford mysteries (Down Cemetery Road, The Last Voice You Hear, Why We Die, and Smoke and Whispers), as well as the standalone novels Reconstruction, Nobody Walks and This Is What Happened. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available