yes reading in order is key and just stack them up next to your bed and dont expect to move for 10 days. The complete guide to Mick Herrons Slough House series, Irish crime drama North Sea Connection comes to BBC Four. That means Slough House would normally be a safe book for the characters. I'm *beyond excited* to have received an ARC from those lovely people at John Murray (thank you!) Herrons plot is packed with twists and delightfully sardonic conversations, and the books only major flaw is that at some point it ends and one must resume normal life.. Will Devon Welles get a promotion or will we see a new character take the job? I would have liked to have got a bit more emotion in the scenes between her and River given the flirtation between them in SLOW HORSES but Herrons very restrained, showing touches of Rivers guilt over what happened to her at the same time as gently indicating there could be something more here as well. Now that the O. A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelanone-time head of MI5's Regent's Parkis tasked with tracking her down. Herron makes all his slow horses vivid, from egomaniacal tech whiz Roddy Ho who everyone hates to idealistic River Cartwright, whose granddad was a legendary spook, to proper Catherine . Has Louisa finally been able to put her past with Min behind her? I am not sure I can read any more. He could see one of either breed breaking a lock, finessing a window; could see them working round the study, looking for clues. Against a background of Brexit, Novichok poisonings and Yellow Vest protests, the remaining slow horses are dealing with the recent violent loss of two associates. However, during a scouting mission, when the two are stalking a right-wing journalist called Robert Hobden, Sid is shot by an unseen intruder. EXCERPT: The study remained like a showroom in a vacant property - books, chairs, curtains; the shelf with its odd collection of trophies: a glass globe, a hunk of concrete, a lump of metal that had been a Luger; the desk with its sheet of blotting paper, like something out of Dickens, and the letter opener, which was an actual stiletto, and had once belonged to Beria - and if David Cartwright had left secrets in his wake they'd be somewhere in that room, on those shelves, among a billion other words. Guess I will have to wait for Joe Country (suspecting that is the needed volume) to become available. He wants a tame intelligence service ready to do the PMs bidding and leaks rumours that a government advisor has been subject to extraordinary rendition by an MI5 gone rogue. On that subject. Mick Herron. Things get pretty close, and Curly is stopped right in the nick of time before he murders the young student. He is due to be accompanied by Nick Duffy, leader of 'The Dogs', for added security, but demands Taverner join him instead. As the slow horses try to work out whats going on, they find themselves caught up in events outside their control and in the cross hairs of a ruthless enemy who doesnt care about collateral damage . Sid in the books remains 'dead' for several books, and returns in Slough House, where it emerges that she suffered permanent brain damage and has been living in a safe house all along. Standish beats Krymov in a game of chess, and he reveals it was Katinsky, not Pashkin he met with to set up the Webb meeting. The gun threat is a joke, and Piotr invites Min to drink vodka with him and Kyril. These are remarkably politically incorrect, but work because of Lambs unbreakable loyalty to his misfit crew. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. Hassan's kidnappers, Moe, Larry, Curly and Zeppo, hold him hostage in a London terrace basement, with it transpiring that Simmonds is behind the kidnapping. His kidnapping and intended rescue is an unsanctioned false flag operation masterminded by herself to potentially increase cooperation with Pakistan as well as neutralise and intimidate the far-right. This season is based on the second of the best-selling Slough House novels by Mick Herron, Dead Lions, and once again stars the dynamic duo of Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden as Jackson Lamb and River . Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb? Lamb and Taverner will have to work together to maintain MI5s independence, but can they put their history of betrayal and revenge behind them? Still, I am broken-hearted and may not be able to finish Bad Actors. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. Jackson Lambs Slough House crew are still coming to terms with the events in Wales that saw the death of ex-Dog Emma Flyte and their own J K Coe but they also have a more serious problem to deal with: Roderick Roddy Ho has discovered that someone in the Park has wiped their records from the Service database. Kill us? Over the course of the Slough House series, there have been a number of plot threads that have been left open for future stories. Curly and River engage in a brief shootout, before he is knocked out by Hassan with a rock. The title track "Strange Game" was performed by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, who wrote the song exclusively for the show[15] together with the shows composer Daniel Pemberton. Red Rose ending explained What is Red Rose? The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. Cokehead Shirley Danders been send to a sanitarium to dry out; narcissist Roddy Ho is creating avatar girlfriends for himself as a distraction; River Cartwright, the most potentially sane of the Slough House discards, isnt even around, presumed dead or permanently missing. Not with either side. This, like Real Tigers, is one of the more action-packed adventures in the series, and one where several earlier plot lines are resolved to move the bigger story forwards. He talks to a team which guides him, telling him to look for an Asian male. (SH) Cartwright, Isobel - River's mother. Their boss, Jackson Lamb is still keeping his team busy with pointless and unproductive assignments: following up social media absconders (#gonequiet), failures to pay fines or potential safe-houses for non-friendlies. Is River really dead? . Taverner is dealing with intelligence and now Home Secretary Peter Judd MP regarding a large upcoming anti-capitalist protest in London. (LogOut/ The first season received critical acclaim. Peter Judd, now home secretary, has plans to use the situation for his own ends, but his Tiger Team have motives of their own which dont necessarily ally with Judds. If Herron has whacked him then I think its a really interesting decision because on one level, his story arc had mostly come to an end anyway (the OB is dead, we know who his dad was and hes dead too) and it does show that no one in Slough House is safe from whacking. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! It brings to a close several series plots and leads to at last one emotional farewell to a series character. He was a connection to the O. I am currently well into Bad Actors desperate to know if certain casualties from this book survived, and even hoping for a tiny spoiler so as to prepare myself for the worst, if that is to be the outcome. The Oxford Series and other Mick Herron novels, Barbican Station A Slough House Podcast. River Cartwright was sent to Slough House after a training exercise left King's Cross crashed. Herron won the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger for this novel, though for my money his debut is a better book.Buy now on Amazon, Catherine Standish is abducted by a disgraced soldier with service connections in his past. And we need time to explore that. The only clue he finds is an undelivered text Cicadas. A handful of engaging spy thrillers followed before the author paused his novels to focus on journalism, although its also worth noting that he has freelanced. The main series development is the return of Sid Baker, which was first teased in LONDON RULES but finally Herron reveals that yes, she did survive SLOW HORSES and has spent the last few years recuperating in a Service facility in the Lake District. "[18] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". I like the way events of previous novels continue to effect the narrative. $380-932/person per day, plus sea transport from Cartwright $200-400/person (return). Plus it would be interesting if the focus moved onto Louisa who has never really reckoned with taking those diamonds and who is also quietly competent at the back. Humour is another a core ingredient of the series. Right from the first book, Herron shows hes not afraid to kill off his creations and some of those deaths hit very hard indeed. In the books, it's briefly revealed that a mistake during her time at Regent's Park HQ led to some guns ending up on the black market. Im hopeful well get some closure on that dangling Sid plot line. His deft and sympathetic characterisation affords the reader a connection with the slow horses (the Parks nickname for their castoffs) which grows with every triumph, every obstacle overcome, and their losses are felt keenly. River Cartwright, one such "slow horse," is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations. Louisa Guy was sent to Slough House after she lost a tail involved in gun smuggling. Ah yes, and that I am doing, but unfortunately not enough e-copies at the library, so have ended up in the most recent book (Bad Actors). On a recent assignment, Lamb caught her following one of his spies. Still in disbelief.) I also think that Louisa has really stepped up to be MVP in terms of spy ability so it would be good to see her continue to move front and centre, especially as there will doubtless be some kind of additional call back to those diamonds and her affair with Min. B. Louisa Guy, another member of the team who has been there from the beginning, is probably the safest pair of hands at Slough House. River Cartwright 18 episodes, 2022-2023 Kristin Scott Thomas . Slough House has been compromised, and now a new team of killers is in the UK. Bu the slow horses arent famed for making wise decisions. He alleges when stationed in East Berlin he overheard Popov demanding the cicada program remain funded after the fall of the Soviet Union. Plus he was the normal one. Spook Street is one of the darker novels and what little comic relief there is, is provided by Roddy Ho getting a girlfriend, a plot thread which is pulled in the follow up novel, London Rules. Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. Required fields are marked *. He is never without a drink or a smoke, even when the team goes dark, and remains as rude and offensive as ever. Soon dominoes are tumbling in various directions, only Lamb really knows their triggers, and as a savior of anyone or anything, Lambs even less likely than Claude Whelan. Sid Baker - One of the most shocking reveals in Slow Horses was the fate of Sid Baker who a fellow agent sent to spy on Slough House but who River slowly got to know throughout the course of the book. One of the first things to appreciate is that each novel is an underdog story a group of individuals, under-qualified and under-resourced, who have to beat their better-off cousins at The Park to save the day. So I just read it all in one somewhat elongated gulp. Because I already know that lurking inside is an intricate plot wrapped around plenty of wit & humour. Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four, Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskeys debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. The mortality rate for Head Dog is nearly as bad as being a slow horse. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! Taverner calls Standish several times to flip her allegiance, alleging that Lamb was involved with Charles Partner's death, but she remains loyal to him when he comes to extract her. Louisa interrogates a dying Kyril and learns that Pashkin and his associates were meant to drain Nevsky's accounts from the Glasshouse while it was evacuated. But Lady Di is slowly learning that the patriotism doesnt mean they dont have demands and YouTube billionaire-turned-new-channel owner Damien Cantor in particular would like Lady Di to come on his show and do an interview. It still rankled, his fall from grace, and why shouldnt he take some matter of revenge? David dismisses River's theory that Bough's death was the work of the FSB or related to the conspiracy, but seems generally unsettled and warns River to be careful. Alex takes off in the plane, and Katinsky tells River they plan to fly it into The Glasshouse skyscraper before leaving. Since Dead Lions, Herron has setup an every other book dynamic of killing off slow horses. However the book description gives reason to be nervous saying that [t]he slow horses have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House wiped from Service recordsand fatal accidents keep happening. Herron loves to keep his readers off balance so I wont be surprised if not everyone makes it. But they have they actually been targeted? It also lays the ground for the events of Joe Country, and at the same time introduces a series villain, ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness. This series is perfect for those that want their humor dark and smart. LOOK AWAY NOW. Herron does his usual, clever job of merging these strands into one and theres a lot of fun to be had in seeing how it ties in with the continuing battle between Lamb and Lady Di over control of Slough House and its resources. 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