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Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
by Mick Herron
Slough House has been my favorite current book series since Book 2 but I've never read the novellas because I thought they were too short to justify the investment. I regret waiting but perhaps it was better to read them all in one shot in this collection.
If you're someone who was disappointed that Mick Herron isn't releasing a Slough House book this year, read this collection to get you through the drought. And if you're someone who read all of Book 8 desperate for the information he finally revealed at the end, read this collection. It unravels a little bit more of Lamb's onion with hints of what's to come. It fleshes out a lot of the backstory for Lech's arrival at Slough House which suggests (I hope) that he may get to stick around. And without giving away any spoilers for readers who haven't made it to Book 8 yet, we get the scene we were all hoping would happen at the beginning of Book 8. And yes, he answers the other big outstanding question.
If you're someone who was disappointed that Mick Herron isn't releasing a Slough House book this year, read this collection to get you through the drought. And if you're someone who read all of Book 8 desperate for the information he finally revealed at the end, read this collection. It unravels a little bit more of Lamb's onion with hints of what's to come. It fleshes out a lot of the backstory for Lech's arrival at Slough House which suggests (I hope) that he may get to stick around. And without giving away any spoilers for readers who haven't made it to Book 8 yet, we get the scene we were all hoping would happen at the beginning of Book 8. And yes, he answers the other big outstanding question.