Book description
*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*
'The finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years' Metro
Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies, former high-fliers now dubbed the 'slow horses'. Catherine Standish, one of their number, worked in Regent's Park long enough to understand…
Why read it?
1 author picked Real Tigers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’ve chosen this because it was the first of the Slough House books I read. I soon remedied that, of course.
Mick Herron is a modern master of the spy novel. He showed me how to drag it into the present day and make it as relevant as the headlines while also creating characters you care about, losing nothing of thrilling plotting, and being sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
This was in there at the back of my mind when I started my book. Yes, a modern spy novel can be done without the old cliches and baggage.
From C.B.'s list on identity in a thriller format.
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