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*Soon to be a TV series starring Oscar-award winning actor Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb*Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award'The UK's new spy master' Sunday TimesYou don't stop being a spook just because you're no longer in the game.Banished to Slough House from the ranks of achievers at Regent's Park for various crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal, Jackson Lamb's misfit crew of highly trained joes don't run ops, they push paper.But not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a 'slow horse'.A boy is kidnapped and held hostage. His beheading is scheduled for live broadcast on the net.And whatever the instructions of the Service, the slow horses aren't going to just sit quiet and watch . . .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER AND THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR'If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers' The Spectator'The finest new crime series this millennium' Mail on SundayCatherine Standish knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks.She's worked in the Intelligence Service long enough to understand treachery, double-dealing and stabbing in the back.What she doesn't know is why anyone would target her: a recovering drunk pushing paper with the other lost causes in Jackson Lamb's kingdom of exiles at Slough House.Whoever it is holding her hostage, it can't be personal. It must be about Slough House. Most likely, it is about Jackson Lamb.And say what you like about Lamb, he'll never leave a joe in the lurch.He might even be someone you could trust with your life . . .

The thrilling new novel in the multi-award winning Slough House series

Winner of the 2013 CWA Gold Dagger AwardA BBC Front Row best crime novel of the yearA Times crime and thriller book of the year'The finest new crime series this millennium' Mail on SundayDickie Bow is not an obvious target for assassination.But once a spook, always a spook. And Dickie was a talented streetwalker back in the day, before he turned up dead on a bus. A shadow. Good at following people, bringing home their secrets.Dickie was in Berlin with Jackson Lamb. Now Lamb's got his phone, and on it the last secret Dickie ever told, and reason to believe an old-time Moscow-style op is being run in the Service's back-yard.In the Intelligence Service purgatory that is Slough House, Jackson Lamb's crew of back-office no-hopers is about to go live . . .

The fifth Jackson Lamb novel from the 'new king of the spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday)

Two Slough House novellas from the 'John le Carre of our generation'

*A Slough House Christmas short story from the Sunday Times number one bestseller of BAD ACTORS.*Here in Slough House, the intelligence service's home for inept spies, it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.Roddy Ho is used to being the one the slow horses turn to when they need miracles performed, and he's always been Jackson Lamb's Number Two. So when Lamb has a photograph that needs doctoring, it's Ho he entrusts with the task. Christmas is a time for memories, but Lamb doesn't do memories - or so he says. But what is it about the photo that makes him want to alter it? How would the slow horses cope if Roddy Ho didn't exist? And most importantly of all, are the team having Christmas drinks, and if so, where?Standing by the Wall offers a glimpse into the kind of seasonal merriment you might expect at Slough House, where the boss generally marks the festive season with an increase in hostilities. But then, this is the secret service, not Secret Santa. And the slow horses aren't here to enjoy themselves.Roddy Roddy Roddy? Ho Ho Ho!

WINNER OF THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER'Mick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet, you NEED to' Mark BillinghamNever outlive your ability to survive a fight.Twenty years retired, David Cartwright can still spot when the stoats are on his trail. Jackson Lamb worked with Cartwright back in the day. He knows better than most that this is no vulnerable old man. 'Nasty old spook with blood on his hands' would be a more accurate description.'The old bastard' has raised his grandson with a head full of guts and glory. But far from joining the myths and legends of Spook Street, River Cartwright is consigned to Lamb's team of pen-pushing no-hopers at Slough House.So it's Lamb they call to identify the body when Cartwright's panic button raises the alarm at Service HQ.And Lamb who will do whatever he thinks necessary, to protect an agent in peril . . .Preorder London Rules, the next Jackson Lamb novel, now.

What should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman

Set in the same world as Mick Herron's bestselling Slough House thrillers, Nobody Walks introduces JK Coe, a fledgling spy who's about to get a harsh lesson in the realities of life on Spook Street

'Unexpected and satisfying . . . The engaging heroine never loses her cool, from the melancholy opening to the whirlwind finale, a marvellously extended set-piece' Kirkus ReviewsZo Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zo wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline's boss is persistent, and as Zo attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she's never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he's found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralysing fear?

'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' Daily TelegraphWhen a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker - a young married woman, bored and unhappy with domestic life - becomes obsessed with finding her. Accustomed to dull chores in a childless household and hosting her husband's wearisome business clients for dinner, Sarah suddenly finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew, as her investigation reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead. What begins in a peaceful neighbourhood reaches its climax on a remote, unwelcoming Scottish island as the search puts Sarah in league with a man who finds himself being hunted down by murderous official forces.

ISlough House, hvilehjemmet for mislykkede spioner, er gamle minner i ferd med å vekkes til live - og ingen av dem er gode. Catherine Standish kjøper sprit igjen, Louisa Guy plages av en for lengst tapt kjærlighet, og nykommeren Lech Wicinski er fast bestemt på å finne ut hvem som ødela karrieren hans, om det så koster ham alt.Jackson Lamb, sjefen for det hele, vil helst være i fred. Men etter hvert som vinteren fester grepet, kan selv ikke han ignorere blodflekkene som fremdeles henger igjen i teppene.Da han får ferten avmannen ansvarlig for drapet på en tidligere Slough House-agent,sender han folkene sine ut for å gjøre opp regningen.De er på vei til fremmed jord. Og ikke alle kommer til å vende tilbake.

Hva skjer når en gammel spion mister vettet? Har tjenesten et aldershjem for de som vet for mye, og ikke husker at de er hemmelige? Eller tar noen seg av den senile spionen for godt? Dette er spørsmål River Cartwright må stille når bestefaren, en agent fra den kalde krigen, glemmer å bruke bukser og mistenker at alle i livet hans er sendt av tjenesten for å ta ham.Men Cartwright har også andre ting å bekymre seg for. En bombe går av midt i et travelt kjøpesenter og dreper førti uskyldige sivile. Agentene i Slough House, med Jackson Lamb i spissen, må finne ut hvem som står bak terroren før situasjonen eskalerer. Agentene er fjerde frittstående bok i serien om Jackson Lamb.

«Herlig kynisk historie (...) Original, mørk og underholdende.» Ole Jacob Hoel, Adresseavisen (Terningkast 5)Sløve hester kaster oss rett inn i et nervepirrende terrorscenario: Den unge MI5-feltagenten River Cartwright er på King's Cross stasjon, hvor han skal finne og pågripe en mistenkt selvmordsbomber. Ifølge instruksen er bomberen fra Midtøsten, iført hvit t-skjorte under blå skjorte. River og de andre agentene finner mannen som passer beskrivelsen, men han er ingen selvmordsbomber. Plutselig blir River usikker: hvit t-skjorte under blå skjorte, eller blå t-skjorte under hvit skjorte?Sløve hester er første bok i serien om Slough House, avdelingen hvor MI5-agenter blir omplassert etter å ha begått utilgivelige tjenestefeil eller på annet vis tabbet seg ut. Sjefen her er Jackson Lamb: tjukk, uflidd, kjederøykende og intenst utrivelig - og, skal det etter hvert vise seg, en genial spion med en ryggrad av stål.«... Herron har lest sin Carré meget grundig. Og tatt lærdom av det.» Ingvar Ambjørnsen, VG (Terningkast 5)«Den svart humoristiske briten Herron er utpekt om den nye le Carré med sin serie om avdankede britiske M15-spioner som sårt savner den kalde krigen. De våkner til liv når en ung pakistaner kidnappes av høyreekstreme.» Cathrine Krøger, Dagbladet (Terningkast 5)«En fest av en thriller. Mick Herron er den nye stjernen blant agent- og krimforfatterne. «Sløve hester» viser at det er fortjent.» Tarald Aano, Stavanger Aftenblad (Terningkast 5)«Leken og spennende. Overbevisende og velskrevet er den, den første romanen i en ny serie om de dysfunksjonelle agentene i Slough House.» Ola Hegdal, NRK«Historien engasjerer, underholder og irriterer deg. (...) sjelden har jeg blitt så glad i en gjeng med surmagede underytere og halvtullete idioter som det jeg ble i denne forviste gruppa av fallerte MI5 agenter. (...) Resultatet er hysterisk morsomt og knall spenning. High five på terningen fra meg.» bokbloggeir.com (Terningkast 5)

«Spionroman i en egen klasse. ... gjør nær all annen spenningslitteratur traust og tam i sammenligning.» Ole Jacob Hoel, Adresseavisen (Terningkast 6)En spion fra den kalde krigen blir funnet død på en buss utenfor Oxford. Jackson Lamb er overbevist om at han ble myrdet. Agentene graver seg ned i omstendighetene rundt dødsfallet, og de finner en floke av hemmeligheter. Alt leder tilbake til en mann ved navn Alexander Popov. Popov er enten bare en vanlig sovjetisk skurk eller verdens farligste mann. Døde løver er andre bok i serien om Slough House, avdelingen hvor MI5-agenter blir omplassert etter å ha begått utilgivelige tjenestefeil eller på annet vis tabbet seg ut. De ledes av Jackson Lamb: tjukk, uflidd, kjederøykende og intenst utrivelig - og en genial spion med en ryggrad av stål. Bøkene om Jackson Lamb blir TV-serie med Gary Oldman i hovedrollen.«... minner om spionfortellingene til mesteren John le Carré. Men språklig er de svært ulike. Der Le Carré er saklig og nøkternt referende inntil det byråkratisk kjedelige, henter Herron inspirasjon fra den hardkokte storbykrimmen der kjappe replikker og ironiske vendinger sender leseren flirende fra side til side.» Tarald Aano, Stavanger Aftenblad (Terningkast 5)

Catherine Standish vet at spioner ikke kan tro på tilfeldigheter.Hun har jobbet lenge nok i etterretningstjenesten til å vite alt om svik, dobbeltspill og angiveri.Det hun ikke skjønner, er hvorfor noen vil ta akkurat henne, en tørrlagt alkoholiker, like håpløs som alle de andre mislykkede agentene i Jackson Lambs usle kongerike Slough House.De kan umulig mene det personlig, hvem det enn er som holder henne fanget. Det må handle om Slough House. Mest sannsynlig handler det om Jackson Lamb.Og si hva du vil om Lamb - han er ikke av dem som lar en av sine egne i stikken.Han er til og med en du kan betro livet ditt til...Kidnappingen er bare toppen av isfjellet.Det vet Jackson Lamb.

From the bestselling and award winning 'master of the spy thriller' comes a collection of riveting short stories

*FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING SLOUGH HOUSE THRILLERS*Mick Herron is 'Britain's finest living thriller writer' (Sunday Express) and author of the bestselling and award-winning Slough House novels. Dolphin Junction captures his trademark tension, humour, and suspense in the form of short fiction, collected here for the first time.When a wife leaves her husband under suspicious circumstances, he sets off in search for her, unprepared for the guilty secrets he's about to drag back into the light. A man is tempted by a luxury apartment with a top-of-the-range kitchen. But there is a heavy price to pay for this glamorous new life. A couple go on a hike through the Derbyshire countryside, to ignore the fact their marriage is on the rocks. And there is a peek into the past of Jackson Lamb, the boss of Slough House, as well as stories featuring the shrewd detective Zo Boehm and her hapless partner Joe Silvermann.Dolphin Junction displays Herron's craft for deftly plotted storytelling, dark wit, and memorable twists.'Mick Herron is an incredible writer and if you haven't read him yet, you NEED to' Mark Billingham'Mick Herron is one of the finest writers of his generation' Steve Cavanagh

A topical Slough House novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author

'This is one of these novels where you read it, not just to see what happens at the end, but to see what happens on the very next page' BooklistWhen a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zo Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zo kill herself, or did one of her old cases come back to haunt her? Why was she wearing the jacket a murderer had stolen years before? And what's brought Sarah's former sparring partner Gerard Inchon to the same broken-down hotel where she's staying? Coincidence is an excuse that soon appears pretty unconvincing. Sarah can't leave until she's found the answers to her questions, however dangerous they might turn out to be.

The latest instalment in the multi-award winning Slough House series

From CWA Gold and Steel Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense about one woman's attempt to be better than ordinary