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Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Mick Herron

Start date: December 14, 2018

Finish date: January 4, 2018

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: Second in the popular Slough House series, following on from our buddy read of the first book.
[close] Second in the popular Slough House series, following on from our buddy read of the first book.

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Mar 05, 2017 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: espionage-action-suspense-thriller

"Dead Lions," Molly said.
"What about them?"
"It's a kids' party game. You have to pretend to be dead. Lie still. Do nothing."

4.5★ - & it possibly would have been higher if I had read the first book, Slow Horses. Possibly. There are a couple of loose threads towards the end of the book that bothered me a bit.

So I'm rating on what I experienced, & for me the start was very confusing, but this thriller went on to be fast paced, exciting & very hard to put down. It was also full of lines that mad ...more

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Dec 11, 2018 Jill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mick-herron

Another very realistic book from this author. Here two new characters are introduced (due to their mistakes they have made working for the intelligence department). Also there are two story lines which eventually join together. All this led by Jackson Lamb the chief of Slough House. We also get a glimpse of Lamb's earlier life when he played more active role in the Cold War. The ending is full of action,making it a real page turner. ...more

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Oct 31, 2021 Mike Penlington rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ytd2021

I can't recommend this series highly enough! ...more

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Oct 04, 2018 AngryGreyCat rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-other-mystery

Dead Lions by Mick Herron is the 2nd in the Slough House series. This is not a series I would usually have picked up as I am not a big reader of spy fiction, other that some le Carre, years ago. The premise is that Slough House is the last stop for “defective” spies, some have committed very public blunders others have committed more hidden offenses. In this installment of the series, Jackson Lamb, their leader, has his interest piqued by the death of spy he knew from his days in Berlin. Jackson ...more

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