Galloped to the top of my TBR

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed Slow Horses. I picked it up cheap in The Works and have since bought five more in the series. Spy novels like the John Le Carre Smiley series have always been a favourite of mine and I mourned his passing. Now I have a new author to follow. Jackson Lamb is the antithesis of the normal brawny hero of Hollywood movies. He runs a branch of M15 peopled by 'failures' who for one reason or another have been removed from the main office and demoted to Slough House. They may be down but many of them long to be reinstated. I love stories where good and evil are not painted in primary colours and this complex tale of a kidnapping gone wrong is a classic of mixed motives and hidden agendas. Great.



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