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A review by nicjohnston
Slough House by Mick Herron
5.0
Slough House is the 7th book in Mick Herron’s series about those discarded by MI5 but not dismissed, the Slow Horses. It would read well as a stand-alone (indeed it is a current Waterstones book of the month) but the true pleasure is in the back stories and the character development.
The Slow Horses seem to be in jeopardy. Wiped from The Park’s records and old members seem to be meeting unseemly deaths. Jackson Lamb starts to suspect that something isn’t quite right and his ire falls on his old foe Diana Taverner. Meanwhile Lady Di has got caught up in her own mess of Russian spies, nerve agents, incompetent but bolshy politicians and media barrons. It all makes for a rip roaring read.
The plot is fantastic but it is the characters and the dialogue which really stand out in this series. This is the best of the series, so far and leaves plenty of space for the next one.
I listened to the audiobook and Sean Barrett is the perfect narrator.
The Slow Horses seem to be in jeopardy. Wiped from The Park’s records and old members seem to be meeting unseemly deaths. Jackson Lamb starts to suspect that something isn’t quite right and his ire falls on his old foe Diana Taverner. Meanwhile Lady Di has got caught up in her own mess of Russian spies, nerve agents, incompetent but bolshy politicians and media barrons. It all makes for a rip roaring read.
The plot is fantastic but it is the characters and the dialogue which really stand out in this series. This is the best of the series, so far and leaves plenty of space for the next one.
I listened to the audiobook and Sean Barrett is the perfect narrator.