Fiction
Hardback
Titles in this set: slow horses dead lions real tigers spook street london rules joe country slough house bad actors clown town condition: new format: hardback publisher: john murray overview: discover the addictive slough house thrillers by mick herron, brought together in this complete nine-book hardback collection. Following jackson lamb's team of disgraced mi5 officers, banished to a run-down office and derided as slow horses, these novels combine sharp plotting, dry wit, and genuine emotional weight. Adapted for television as slow horses, the series has become one of modern spy fiction's most acclaimed franchises, offering an unbeatable blend of tension, humour, and heart. About the books: the slough house novels follow the slow horses mi5 agents exiled for professional failures to a decrepit backwater office under the foul-tempered but formidable jackson lamb. Slow horses opens the series with a botched kidnapping that spirals into terrorism and internal treachery, establishing the gritty, sardonic tone that defines the whole run. Dead lions resurrects a cold war-era threat, while real tigers pits the team against blackmail and mi5 office politics. Spook street turns towards family secrets and the personal cost of espionage, and london rules skewers modern security threats with lamb's unorthodox methods. Joe country takes the action across snowbound europe in a tense pursuit shadowed by grief and loyalty, while slough house itself digs into buried...