Mick Herron

Now an Apple Original series streaming on Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. 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. 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 have in common, though, is they want to be back in the action. And most of them would do anything to get there─even if it means having to collaborate with one another. 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?

A fantastic mystery short story collection, the perfect Christmas gift for crime fiction lovers A beloved detective dies in a fire Sherlock Holmes takes a trip to Italy A disastrous case of mistaken identity From his well-loved detective duo, DCI Dalziel and DI Pascoe to his own reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, Reginald Hill’s unforgettable characters and unique blend of humour and suspense make him one of Britain’s greatest crime writers. Complete with a foreword by Mick Herron, this collection of short stories showcases the very best of this iconic mystery writer.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' Daily TelegraphIt's an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home.In the aftermath, a house now stands devastated, with two adults dead and a young girl missing.With the police more interested in keeping the neighbours from rubbernecking than in searching for the missing child, Sarah becomes obsessed with finding her.She enlists the help of Zoë Boehm's investigation agency, but Sarah's and Zoë's search reveals more secrets than answers, taking them from Oxford's cobbled streets to the rugged outer reaches of the British Isles. As Zoë and Sarah draw closer to the truth, they are caught in a web of conspiracy and come up against government forces, cold-blooded mercenaries and vengeful loners.Down Cemetery Road is Mick Herron's debut novel, and the first book in the Zoë Boehm series, now reissued in hardback to celebrate twenty-one years since its original publication.

A gripping spy thriller from the bestselling author of Slow Horses, about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin--an absolute must-read for Slough House fans. Set in the MI5 world of Slow Horses, now an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. Two years ago, a hostile prime minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable First Desk did not become Britain's top spy by accident, and she has successfully thwarted the inquiry at every turn. Now the administration that created Monochrome has been ousted, the investigation is a total bust--and Griselda and Malcolm are stuck watching as their career prospects are washed away by the pounding London rain. Until the eve of Monochrome's shuttering, when an MI5 case file appears without explanation. It is the buried history of a classified operation in 1994 Berlin--an operation that ended in tragedy and scandal, whose cover-up has rewritten thirty years of Service history. The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron's body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny. It is also the breathtaking secret history that Slough House fans have been waiting for.

Londonreglene er ikke skrevet ned, men alle kjenner til den første: Redd ditt eget skinn. For agentene i Slough House er dette enklere sagt enn gjort. Problemene deres tårner seg som vanlig opp: undertrykt sorg, diverse avhengigheter, den gnagende mistanken om at deres nyeste kollega er en psykopat. Dessuten prøver noen å drepe Roddy Ho. Men når Storbritannia rystes av en rekke tilsynelatende usammenhengende terrorangrep, må de sammen finne tilbake til sin største styrke: å gjøre en vanskelig situasjon mye, mye verre. Heldigvis kjenner Jackson Lamb reglene til punkt å prikke. De kommer jo ikke til å bryte seg selv. «Enda bedre enn tv-serien. Den suverent lekne ironiske tonen, selv oversatt til norsk språkdrakt, gjør leseopplevelsene unike.» Ole Jacob Hoel, Adressa (Terningkast 5)

I Slough House, hvilehjemmet for mislykkede spioner, er gamle minner i ferd med å vekkes til live - og ingen av dem er gode. Catherine Standish kjøper alkohol 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 av mannen 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.

Slagtehestene i Slough House – Jackson Lambs lurvede hjemsted for fallerede spioner – opdager, at de er blevet slettet fra efterretningstjenestens database. De lider stadig af eftervirkningerne fra nylige tragiske hændelser, og nu frygter de, at de er blevet skubbet endnu længere ud i kulden, især da tidligere Slagteheste begynder at dø under usædvanlige omstændigheder.Da en ny populistisk bevægelse samtidig indtager Londons gader, mens efterretningstjenestens hovedkvarter er optaget af eftervirkningerne af et kikset russisk attentatforsøg på engelsk grund, og det herskende politiske system har travlt med at sikre, at alt kan sælges for højeste bud, er verden blevet et usikkert sted for dem, der er dømt overflødigeDet kloge træk ville være at finde et sikkert sted og vente på, at faren driver over. Men Slagtehestene er ikke kendt for at træffe kloge beslutninger.

A new standalone novel from 'Britain's greatest living thriller writer' and author of the bestselling Slough House series, now a TV series starring Gary Oldman

An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller* and a gripping standalone thriller with a riveting reveal about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin. A dazzling entry-point to Mick Herron's writing and an unmissable read for Slough House fans'Pure class' Ian Rankin'I doubt I'll read a more enjoyable novel all year' Paula Hawkins'Pitch-perfect' Lee Child'Terrific' The Times'Never has a work of popular fiction delighted me more' The Spectator'A thriller of immense brilliance' Sunday TimesTwo years ago, the Monochrome inquiry was set up to investigate the British secret service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out misconduct, allowing the civil servants seconded to the inquiry, Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, unfettered access to confidential information in the service archives. But with progress blocked at every turn, Monochrome is circling the drain . . . Until the OTIS file appears out of nowhere. What classified secrets does OTIS hold that see a long-redundant spy being chased through Devon's green lanes in the dark? What happened in a newly reunified Berlin that someone is desperate to keep under wraps? And who will win the battle for the soul of the secret service - or was that decided a long time ago? Spies and pen-pushers, politicians and PAs, high-flyers, time-servers and burn-outs . . . They all have jobs to do in the daylight. But what they do in the secret hours reveals who they really are.*Mick Herron's The Secret Hours was a Sunday Times Number Four bestseller in hardback in the second week of September 2023

A gripping spy thriller from the bestselling author of Slow Horses, about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin--an absolute must-read for Slough House fans. Set in the MI5 world of Slow Horses, now an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. Two years ago, a hostile prime minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical over-reaching" by the British Secret Service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable First Desk did not become Britain's top spy by accident, and she has successfully thwarted the inquiry at every turn. Now the administration that created Monochrome has been ousted, the investigation is a total bust--and Griselda and Malcolm are stuck watching as their career prospects are washed away by the pounding London rain. Until the eve of Monochrome's shuttering, when an MI5 case file appears without explanation. It is the buried history of a classified operation in 1994 Berlin--an operation that ended in tragedy and scandal, whose cover-up has rewritten thirty years of Service history. The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron's body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny. It is also the breathtaking secret history that Slough House fans have been waiting for.

Slough House, Jackson Lambs forhutlede kongerige for fallerede spioner, er plaget af dårlige minder. Så mens vinteren strammer sit greb om landet, ville Jackson Lamb helst sidde i sit mørke kontor og ruge over sine dystre tanker, men han kan ikke ignorere det indtørrede blod på gulvtæpperne i Slough House. Så da den mand, der er ansvarlig for drabet på en af hans mænd, kryber ud fra sit skjul, sender Jackson Lamb sine Slagteheste ud for at gøre regnskabet op.

*NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARING GARY OLDMAN*'Herron is at the summit of a new golden age of spy fiction' Sunday TimesSpooks are supposed to be stealthy . . . But those who make a noisy mess of their careers end up in Slough House.This is Jackson Lamb's kingdom: a dumping ground for spies who've screwed up. Once high fliers, they're now slow horses, condemned to a life of pushing paper as punishment for crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal. In drab and mildewed offices, these highly trained spies moan and squabble, stare at the walls, and dream of better days - not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a slow horse, and the one thing they have in common is their desire to be back in the action.Housed together for the first time in a beautifully crafted boxset, Mick Herron's Slough House thrillers have been described as 'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The Times. Includes Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers, Spook Street, London Rules, Joe Country, Slough House and Bad Actors.

Mustaa huumoria ja valtapelejä pursuavassa vakoilutrillerissä Britanniaa ravistelee terrori-iskujen sarja. Se saa virkaheitot agentit ryhtymään tositoimiin, mistä ei tälläkään kertaa seuraa mitään hyvää."Lontoon säännöt vahvistaa, että Mick Herron on hauskin englanninkielisen vakoilukirjallisuuden ja mahdollisesti kaiken rikoskirjallisuuden kirjoittajista." - The TimesBritannian kotimaan tiedustelupalvelun uusi johtaja Claude Whelan joutuu oitis hyppäämään altaan syvään päähän, kun hänen tehtäväkseen tulee suojella vaikeuksiin joutunutta pääministeriä. Päänvaivaa aiheuttavat vallanhimoinen populistipoliitikko sekä Whelanin oma apulaisjohtaja, joka kyttää pomonsa jokaista virhettä. Samaan aikaan maata ravistelee terrori-iskujen sarja, jossa ei vaikuta olevan mitään logiikkaa. Kaikille osallisille kirkkaimpana loistaa kuitenkin Lontoon sääntö numero 1: suojaa oma perseesi.Jackson Lamb johtaa urallaan tyrineiden agenttien toimistoa, luupäitä. Lambin suojatit kamppailevat henkilökohtaisten ongelmiensa kanssa: kuolleet työtoverit, erilaiset riippuvuudet ja kalvava epäilys, että uusi kollega on psykopaatti. Mutta yhdessä he löytävät jälleen suurimman vahvuutensa - tekemään pahasta tilanteesta paljon, paljon pahemman.Lontoon säännöt on Jackson Lamb -sarjan viides osa.Mick Herron on brittidekkaristien CWA Gold Daggerilla ja vakoilukirjallisuuden Ian Fleming Steel Daggerilla palkittu bestseller-kirjailija. Häntä pidetään John Le Carrén ja Len Deightonin manttelinperijänä, jonka kirjoista ei puutu hirtehistä huumoria. Tv-sarja Slow Horses, jossa Jackson Lambia näyttelee Gary Oldman ja Lady Diana Taverneria Kristin Scott-Thomas, sai kiittävän vastaanoton keväällä 2022.

Bad Actors is #1 bestselling novel and the eighth book in the critically acclaimed Slough House series by Mick Herron, now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman

THE EIGHTH BOOK IN THE SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV+ Mick Herron, "the le Carr of the future" (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy. "Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working."--NPR's Fresh Air In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster--a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate--has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation . . . There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.