Dead Lions: Slough House Thriller 2

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He wasn’t actually wearing a suit today – he wore fawn chinos and a dark-blue roll-neck under a black raincoat – but he wasn’t fooling anyone: he was a suit, and if you cut him open he’d bleed in pinstripes. Dickie Bow was a talented streetwalker once, good at following people and bringing home their secrets.

Tearney confronts Taverner, who is revealed to have been Donovan's source, and had left the "Footprint" file in the facility for Donovan to leak, as it contains evidence of wrongdoing that will lead to Tearney's downfall.Unfortunately like some modern paperbacks the pages came out almost immediately so I'm not keeping for a 2nd read or to share. I’m going to start by stating the obvious, for most people, that Slough House is where all the MI5 rejects go. Having squeezed through the ticket barriers on the other side, it hassled the station staff, who placated, argued, and pointed at the exits. Meanwhile, Guy continues to investigate the cafe's surroundings and links an abandoned car to Donovan.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Min and Louisa are seconded by Webb to provide background security for a clandestine meeting at The Glasshouse between him and Arkady Pashkin, a representative of UK-based energy oligarch and defector Ilya Nevsky.There was an important message to deliver, but Dickie did not know what it was, nor to whom it should be sent. If you've already read Mick Herron's "Slow Horses" you probably can't wait to get stuck into this, the next in the series, featuring the ghastly Jackson Lamb and his band of MI5 throw-backs.

Thankfully, the story does not end here, and there are at least another six Slough House books to go. River visits his grandfather, who reveals Hobden was blacklisted when his name appeared on a leaked donor list of the British Patriotic Party, and blamed MI5 for his troubles.

Ten minutes later he emerged, and Dickie fell into step behind him: Dickie, who could follow a ferret through a wood let alone a leftover ghost. The strength of Dead Lions lies in Herron's development of his characters and their interactions because this novel is funnier and snarkier than its predecessor.

This is a superior, intelligent and a darkly comic novel located in the world of spooks and espionage. He, River, Min and Louisa arrive at the property but upon entry discover it empty aside from Moe's beheaded corpse. Dickie became aware of action: an announcement about buses had been made, and everyone was trying to cross the bridge. The cast was rounded out in December 2020 with the additions of Olivia Cooke, Jonathan Pryce, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden. Lamb thinks that Slough House is going to be blamed for whatever operation Regent's Park is running and be disowned if it fails.He hung by the monitor long enough for the hood to pass, then allowed himself to be carried forward, three warm bodies behind. Trailer for new Apple Original espionage drama "Slow Horses", starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, debuts ahead of global premiere on April 1, 2022". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. They suspected that Jackson Lamb had serious dope on Diana Taverner; enough that, if she wasn't his sock puppet, she was at least in his debt. EXCELLENT narration by Sean Barrett of Harry Hole fame, I found this an easy listen, he is a wonderful peformer.