Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition) (Slough House)
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?
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?
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I really enjoyed reading Slow Horses - the author did a great job of balancing descriptive background information and thrilling action to create a really exciting story that builds to an amazing climax. The first few chapters were a bit slower, but things really picked up as the story progressed and there were so many surprising plot twists that kept me hooked until the very end. I can't wait to read the sequel!
The first in the Slough House series with the MI5 Second (or possibly Third) XI and while unsurprisingly enjoyable it felt like Herron hadn't quite got the formula right yet. Still, the elements are all here, ludicrous Spooks-esque plots, LeCarre style politicking, sudden unexpected levels of violence and Jackson Lamb.
Smart, experienced, corpulent, chain smoking. cynical and master of the withering insult, Lamb is the grotesque beating heart of the series and a supreme comic creation. This book suffers, as do the rest to some extent, as rather flagging when Jackson Lamb is off screen as he is rather a lot here. Herron presumably noticed this as the next book in the sequence, [b:Dead Lions|15823478|Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)|Mick Herron|https:images.gr-assets.com/books/1350000337s/15823478.jpg|21553988], made Lamb the central figure and is all the better for it.
Smart, experienced, corpulent, chain smoking. cynical and master of the withering insult, Lamb is the grotesque beating heart of the series and a supreme comic creation. This book suffers, as do the rest to some extent, as rather flagging when Jackson Lamb is off screen as he is rather a lot here. Herron presumably noticed this as the next book in the sequence, [b:Dead Lions|15823478|Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)|Mick Herron|https:images.gr-assets.com/books/1350000337s/15823478.jpg|21553988], made Lamb the central figure and is all the better for it.
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