Slow Horses

av Mick Herron

Pocketbok, 408 sidor

Publicerades 24 november 2020 av Soho Crime.

ISBN:: 978-1-64129-297-9

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They’ve screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves.

This special tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author, discussion questions for book clubs, and an exclusive short story featuring the slow horses.

London, England: Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what’s left of their failed careers. The “slow horses,” as they’re called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated there. Maybe they botched an Op so badly they can’t be trusted anymore. Maybe they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle—not unusual in this line of work. One thing they …

This special tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author, discussion questions for book clubs, and an exclusive short story featuring the slow horses.

When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, the slow horses see an opportunity to redeem themselves. But is the victim really who he appears to be?

Now an Apple Original series streaming on Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.

11 utgåvor

matthewmincher@bookwyrm.social recenserade Slow Horses av Mick Herron (Slough House, #1)

Incredible prose

5 stjärnor

I wasn't really sure what to expect with this one - I'd enjoyed the TV adaptation - Oldman's Lamb is a great watch. Would the book stack up or would the show ruin it a bit for me?

I'm glad to say I really enjoyed reading this. Herron's writing is engaging and woven with humour throughout - it speaks volumes that many lines from the show are verbatim from the book.

Reading the text you have the advantage of point of view characters - which you can never quite get on TV. Hassan as the victim was well written giving the book an additional dimension I would say is its strongest point.

I felt the pacing was really good, blasting through some of the "duller" or laboured parts I struggled with in the show.

Keen to continue the series and (hopefully) slowly let them stand on …

I wasn't really sure what to expect with this one - I'd enjoyed the TV adaptation - Oldman's Lamb is a great watch. Would the book stack up or would the show ruin it a bit for me?

I'm glad to say I really enjoyed reading this. Herron's writing is engaging and woven with humour throughout - it speaks volumes that many lines from the show are verbatim from the book.

I felt the pacing was really good, blasting through some of the "duller" or laboured parts I struggled with in the show.

Keen to continue the series and (hopefully) slowly let them stand on their own merits a bit more.

David Scrimshaw recenserade Slow horses av Mick Herron

Gripping and Fun

5 stjärnor

A friend told me that I'd like the TV series. But I wasn't ready to sign up for Apple+. So I borrowed the book from the library and WOW! I loved it.

Matt K recenserade Slow Horses av Mick Herron

A vicious little thriller

4 stjärnor

Here’s a great tale where everyone is a little broken and a little queer, the game is deception on top of deception. Everyone is trying to get ahead or back in the game or just keep their head. The coverup is the crisis and it all falls apart for some as it falls together for others.

Even within a chapter you get a clue and a mystery or two and a turn that makes you exclaim. Very fun.