I'm deeply into the Slough House book series. This is an excellent addition, but new readers should start at the beginning. Herron is really writing a huge epic of post-war espionage. And lucky for us, the television series is nearly as good - and you should start at the beginning.
*Soon to be a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*
'A terrific spy novel' Ian Rankin
Twenty years retired from the Intelligence Service, David Cartwright still knows where the skeletons are hidden. But when he forgets that secrets are supposed to stay buried, there's suddenly a target on his back.
His grandson, River, is a 'slow horse', a demoted spy pushing paper at Slough House with other no-hopers. With his grandfather under threat, River ditches desk duty and goes rogue to investigate.
Jackson Lamb, the boss at Slough House, worked with David Cartwright back in the day. He knows better…
I admire books with a grand sweep, unafraid to plunge into depths of space and time. This book does that: fearless in its scope, detailed in its explication.
An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life
Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic…
I've been slowly reading through Straley's Alaskan mysteries for years. This is the first one, but they are all terrific. It is a vision of Alaska as a last best hope, a retreat, a disaster, a sanctuary, a black hole. The main character is an unsympathetic guy who nevertheless creates deep sympathy in the reader.
The First Cecil Younger investigation set in Sitka, Alaska
Cecil Younger, local Alaskan investigator, is neither good at his job nor great at staying sober. When an old Tlingit woman, unimpressed by the police’s investigation, hires him to discover why her son, a big game guide, was murdered, he takes the case without much conviction that he’ll discover anything new. But after a failed assassination attempt and the discovery of previously missed evidence, Younger finds himself traveling across Alaska to discover the truth in a midst of conspiracies, politics, and Tlingit mythology. High drama meets local color as Cecil Younger…
We no longer know what's real on a screen. So-called reality television is a powerful mirror with which to consider the distinction between suspended disbelief and truth. A funny, microscopic consideration of what it means to record everything and watch other people pretend they don't know they are on camera.
The paperback has a new title: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=the+endless+gaze+tisdale&ia=web (The publishers thought my good title was too obscure. Not so for fans of the show!)
