Book description
*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times
In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of…
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1 author picked Joe Country as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Have you ever finished a book and been saddened that it ended? That was my experience with this book.
Herron put a diverse cast of characters in an exciting place, doing exciting things, and, for good measure, threw in murder. Those of us who love the spies from Britain's MI5 (Slow Horses) series also love how they interact, not always in a good way.
Herron removed them from their comfort zone in London and dropped them into the Welch countryside during a winter blizzard. I love that, and it's precisely what I did in my book. You create…
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