Jill Lepore, The New Yorker 'I'll tell you what, to have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one's career and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron's novels-the heir, in a way, to le Carré-is a terrific thing.' Longlisted, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 'The best in a generation, by some estimations, and irrefutably the funniest.'

Praise for Slow Horses Parade Magazine 110 Best Thrillers of All Time But is the victim really who he appears to be? When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, the slow horses see an opportunity to redeem themselves. And most of them would do anything to get there─even if it means having to collaborate with one another. One thing they have in common, though, is they want to be back in the action. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle-not unusual in this line of work. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they botched an Op so badly they can't be trusted anymore. The 'slow horses,' as they're called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated there. London, England: Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. This special tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author, discussion questions for book clubs, and an exclusive short story featuring the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses.

About the Book 'First US edition published by Soho Constable, an imprint of Soho Press, in 2010'-Copyright page.īook Synopsis Now an Apple Original series streaming on Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Slow Horses by Mick Herron