{"product_id":"slow-horses-the-bestselling-thrillers-that-inspired-the-hit-apple-tv-show-slow-horses-slough-house-thriller-1-9781529394047","title":"Slow Horses: The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe TV tie-in edition for \u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, the critically acclaimed first book in Mick Herron's bestselling Slough House\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, now a major Apple TV series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The finest new crime series this Millennium' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSlough House is a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations - the slow horses - and most bitter among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to behead him live on the internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. But is the victim who he first appears to be? And what's the kidnappers' connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda . . .\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781529394047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x2.8(W)269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 269\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eMick Herron is the #1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Slough House thrillers, which have been published in over twenty-five languages and are the basis of the award-winning TV series \u003ci\u003eSlow Horses,\u003c\/i\u003e starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. Among his other novels are the Zoe Boehm series, also now adapted for TV starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson, and the standalone novels \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Hours \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNobody Walks\u003c\/i\u003e. Mick's awards include the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Gold, Steel and Diamond Daggers. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb series:\u003c\/b\u003e * . *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new spy master\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackson Lamb - the most fascinating and irresistible thriller series hero to emerge since Jack Reacher\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs a master of wit, satire, insight . . . Herron is difficult to overpraise\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe finest new crime series this Millennium\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best modern British spy series\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe John le Carré of our generation\u003c\/b\u003e * Val McDermid *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Herron is\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe real deal\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you read one spy novel this year, read \u003ci\u003eReal Tigers\u003c\/i\u003e. Better still, read the whole series\u003c\/b\u003e * Andrew Taylor, The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurely among the finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years\u003c\/b\u003e * Metro *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith his poet's eye for detail, his comic timing and relish for violence, Herron fills a gap that has been yawning ever since Len Deighton retired\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most enjoyable spy novel in years\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was delighted to discover that this is merely the first in a captivating series\u003c\/b\u003e * Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first of his series about MI5 and a character called Jackson Lamb, one of the great monsters of modern fiction. He's a wonderfully cynical writer and there's a lot of dark humour in it. 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