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    Slough House
    Slough House
    Slough House
    Audiobook10 hours

    Slough House

    Written by Mick Herron

    Narrated by Gerard Doyle

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    At Slough House—MI5’s London depository for demoted spies—Brexit has taken a toll. The “slow horses” have been pushed further into the cold, Slough
    House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. No wonder Jackson Lamb’s crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets?

    With a new populist movement taking hold of London’s streets and the old order ensuring that everything’s for sale to the highest bidder, the world’s a
    dangerous place for those deemed surplus. Jackson Lamb and the slow horses are in a fight for their lives as they navigate dizzying layers of lies, power, and death.

    In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 9, 2021
    ISBN9781705028582
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    • 4/5
      Another good time with Jackson Lamb and the crew
    • 4/5
      "When they went on about sixty being the new forty, they forgot to add that that made thirty-something the new twelve."The latest installment of the Slow Horses series, which I love. Many of our favorite characters are back, and this one focuses on the privatization of secret ops and the manipulation of the news media. As per usual, witticisms abound. Unlike some of the others in the series, this one ends with a cliffhanger, so we know there will be another entry to the series, and must wait patiently.3 1/2 stars
    • 4/5
      I worked for a little while in Slough, years ago. I don't remember much about the place, which suggests that it is pretty bland. Bland is what you want when you are hiding a nest of spies, even incompetent ones.Mick Herron's sets his thrillers at Slough House, the administrative backwater where the slow horses, spies who don't make the grade, are posted. Slow horses are maybe a bit too dense or maybe they have developed irritating tics that drive the spymasters mad or that are too glaring to hide. Maybe they made bad judgements calls years ago and can't be trusted now. Or maybe they are just damaged and can't face going into the field again. The slow horses are sent to Slough House to be minded by Jackson Lamb, a grotesque man with the tenacity of a python and a deep loathing for the folks in Whitehall who play silly games.In this, book 7 of the series, someone (Could it really be the Russians?) is knocking off Lamb's crew one by one and that makes no sense. The slow horses are not doing anything particularly interesting, and they never do anything high level. A couple of the dead ones were fully retired or had invalided out and posed no threat to anyone's sinister schemes. What is going on? Russians? Really?I enjoyed reading Slough House, even if I didn't always understand the deeply convoluted plot that involves money shuffling, influence peddling, and the professional death that comes of admitting you made a serious mistake. The writing is quick and witty and Mike Herron paints his characters in living color. I received a review copy of "Slough House" by Mick Herron from Soho Crime through Gumshoereview. A version of this review first appeared online in the July 2021 issue.
    • 5/5
      These stories, this genre, the dark (as-if-there-were-any-other) aspect of espionage, the colossal failures of the intelligence agencies, these seem to be intertwined with my DNA, though rarely as novels. "The Sandbaggers," Alec Guiness as Smiley, the hundreds of books on WWII spycraft and CIA stupidity, even Tom Stoppard's excellent "The Dog It Was That Died" -- these are my totems. Only recently have I delved into the fictions on the page, starting with the Smiley novels, which I had never read. And now, six (or is it seven?) entries into the series, I've "discovered" Mick Herron, the slow horses, and Jackson Lamb, and "Slough House" is without a doubt the best novel I've read in years, after slogging through Anthony Horowitz, Jo Nesbo, Tana French, and others.Was the unfurling of the plot the reason I kept turning the page, or even the reason of the novel's existence? Even if one were to forecast the denouement of "The Red-Headed League" from its opening pages, wouldn't one be engaged otherwise? So it is with Herron's newest. I've just started on the Audio of Book One, "Slow Horses," and Herron seems to be in command from page one. It may be due in part to Gerard Doyle's excellent reading, but this series has just been elevated, in my estimation, to near-essential.
    • 4/5
      Herron brings it with his writing, but I wanted a better plot. It felt like more of the same for the series, and was barely enough to sustain this short novel.
    • 5/5
      After disappointment with the sixth instalment, this seemed to me to be back on top form. You do have to concentrate (both on the plot and the excellent writing), but this was well-plotted and darkly funny as usual, with lots of Jackson Lamb page time.
    • 5/5
      Jackson Lamb is back, and even more uncouth than previously. Mick Herron plunges us back into familiar territory here, with the ‘slow horses’ finding themselves unexpectedly drawing the attention of their Russian counterparts.The slow horses are named for ‘Slough House’, their office base situated near the barbican. Slough House is a backwater of the intelligence world, and has come to house those officers who are deemed too incompetent to be trusted on genuine operations. They have been farmed out to Slough House, under the control of the awful Jackson Lamb. Lamb is a grotesque figure: coarse, crass, dishevelled and generally disgusting. Political correctness has passed him by, and he revels in his unreconstructed and prejudicial outlook on life. He is also exceeding ly funny.There is a certain formula to a Jackson Lamb story: there is a brief episode in which one of the slow horses finds themselves attacked (and often killed), followed by a brief description of Slough house itself (always beautifully written). The plot then develops, with bitter exchanges between senior figures within the Service and their political chiefs, with some well-observed character assassination of scarcely disguised statesmen, and a fair amount of collateral damage among the horses themselves. Yes, it is formulaic, but no less entertaining for that.
    • 5/5
      This, the seventh book in the Jackson Lamb series, does not disappoint. I imagine most everyone who reads it has already devoured the previous six books. For us, the return of Lamb and his “slow horses” — spies cast aside by MI6 — is reason enough to spend a few hours in their company. But this book also shows a side of Lamb we don’t often get to see — a man who despite all his insults and abuse of his staff is the most loyal and protective boss anyone could want. You do not want to mess with him, as several characters in this book will discover. And yes, the book does end on a cliffhanger. So we wait, impatiently, for number 8 …
    • 4/5
      My carefully organized reading list just took a direct hit. When I receive the latest in this series, there is zero chance it’s going to sit there patiently waiting its turn. Because I already know that lurking inside is an intricate plot wrapped around plenty of wit & humour. All that remains is to dive in & find out what fresh hell Jackson Lamb (AKA Mick Herron) & his crew stumble into this time.The last book ended rather cryptically, leaving me a tad uneasy as to the fate of the Slow Horses. And after the first few chapters, that feeling was back. With bells on. At first there’s just a whisper, a fleeting glimpse of a stranger having a really bad day. Something odd is happening & it’s clear there’s been a subtle shift in the status quo. But let’s be honest. When it comes to this gang of MI5 rejects, “something odd” is hardly breaking news. It’s just that this time, things are a bit more….um….fatal. The Horses need someone on top of their game, a seasoned agent with the smooth moves to seamlessly infiltrate those behind the heinous plot. Or…they could turn to the Ho. Roddy Ho, that is. During one of his routine hacks of the HR department, he notices odd thing #1: all the Slow Horses have been erased from the files. It seems they no longer exist. Huh…maybe he’d better run this by boss Jackson Lamb. I’m not going to get into the plot. Just know that Herron is playing the long game & the seeds for this were planted a few books ago. There’s a persistent creepiness from the beginning that only intensifies as it becomes clear someone is manipulating events like a chess master. Ghosts from the past, novichok poisonings & Lady Di’s latest machinations are just some of the obstacles thrown in the path of the regular cast. Herron’s dialogue remains one of the most enjoyable aspects of these books & each of the characters has lines that make you giggle. But it’s Roddy Ho who really shines in this outing. He sees himself as the love child of James Bond & Jason Bourne, a legendary spook who’s irresistible to anything with ovaries. Mind you, nothing could be further from the truth but don’t worry. The “HotRod” is not one to let something as trivial as reality alter his world view. River, Louisa, Lech, Catherine, Shirley…they’re all back. And though they may squabble like siblings, it’s a given they’ll have each other’s back as events around them spiral out of control. Their interactions are often loud, sometimes violent & always entertaining. But in separate chapters, we spend one-on-one time with each & it’s in these private, sometimes poignant moments we hear their thoughts & fears. As usual, the author includes plenty of sly commentary about the state of the world we live in. And once again he ends things in a way that has me fearing what I’ll find in the next book. It can’t arrive soon enough.
    • 4/5
      I had to re-read this having read it first, and only subsequently worked my way though the first six Slough House novels. Now I can go on to number 8! Many books don't warrant a re-read, and whilst I remembered much of the book as I went through it again it remained funny and compelling with brilliant characters, an enticing plot and just pitch-perfect prose.