Dead Lions: Slough House Thriller 2

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Catherine Standish, the quietly respected mother figure in Slough House, who does seem to have the strength to resist the obnoxiousness of Lamb. href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/5D9/AB3/D4/{5D9AB3D4-30A4-4647-91F7-5ECE27D2D0D0}Img400.jpg Given that the most recent novel came out in May 2022 and the TV series has already been renewed for a second series, it's very likely there will be more. Spook Street is one of the darker novels and what little comic relief there is, is provided by Roddy Ho getting a girlfriend, a plot thread which is pulled in the follow up novel, London Rules. It also lays the ground for the events of Joe Country, and at the same time introduces a series villain, ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness. This novel is a series highlight for me, and went on to win the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award as well as being shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, The British Book Awards and The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

This is a book that can be enjoyed by anyone – whether you are a fan of spy thrillers of not. The story line is good (though the revenge motivation given near the end maybe a tiny bit implausible) – but the convoluted and exciting plot is just the medium for some scintillating prose and a panoply of beautifully crafted characters. That all changes when a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the internet. The slow horses see connections between the case and some of what they've been observing, making it a perfect opportunity to try and redeem themselves.

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Filming of the first series began on 30 November 2020 in England, and continued into February 2021, with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas spotted on set in Westminster, London. [10] In July 2021, filming continued in Stroud, Gloucestershire. [11] It was originally intended to film earlier in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12] [10] Kanter, Jake (30 September 2020). "Apple Restarts UK Drama Production, As 'Suspicion' & 'Slow Horses' Prepare To Shoot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021 . Retrieved 26 January 2021.

Petski, Denise (1 June 2022). " 'Slow Horses' Renewed For Seasons 3 & 4 By Apple TV+". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023 . Retrieved 1 June 2022. There’s something Charles Partner used to say about ops. The friendlier the territory, the scarier the natives.” A decade and several novels on, Judd has graduated into a manipulative, cynical villain, happy to ally himself with the nationalist far right in his endless pursuit of personal power. Herron, as it happens, was a student reading English at Balliol College, Oxford, at the same time as Boris Johnson. Did you know the prime minister then, I ask? “I saw him once or twice in the junior common room. I wasn’t mixing in that kind of circle,” he says, drily. “I don’t think the Bullingdon Club opened its arms to northern comprehensive types, somehow.” Herron seems a little sheepish at the resemblance between the fictional PJ and the all-too-real BJ. “When I started,” he says, “I didn’t have a readership, so I could say what I liked and it didn’t matter.”

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Slow Horses' Renewed Through Season 4 at Apple TV+". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 June 2022. Alongside this, Arkady Pashkin, a Russian oligarch, has been invited to talks by the slimy James “Spider” Webb in the Needle and he has seconded Harper and Guy to babysit him – a term that seems to mean both protect him and keep tabs on him – for those talks. It did not come as a huge surprise that these two plots were connected by the end of the novel, even if it felt just a little forced. If you like your suspense novels told with a smart dash of wit and sarcasm, filled with lots of twists and turns, Herron’s your man.” Wiseman, Andreas (11 April 2023). ""'Slow Horses' Season Four: Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan & Ruth Bradley Among Cast To Join Gary Oldman In Apple Spy Series, Filming Underway" ". Deadline. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023 . Retrieved 11 April 2023.

Next up was a stand alone mystery novel titled Nobody Walks published in the US by Soho on 17/2/15 ISBM 9781616954864, again no UK equivalent. The book drives together drug dealers, spooks amongst others and there are links to the Slough House series and some of the characters. Its a book that is best read between Dead Lions and Real Tigers. Slow Horses - Dead Lions is on Apple TV+ from 2nd December 2022, with the first two episodes available and the remaining four airing weekly. Olivia Cooke as Sidonie "Sid" Baker (season 1), a competent MI5 agent inexplicably assigned to Slough House. Dustin Demri-Burns as Min Harper (series 1–2), assigned after leaving a top-secret disk on the train. Dead Lions” was mostly successful on that front. It is an enjoyable story, and the characters that were established in that first book take some steps forward here. There are also some new characters introduced that show how easy it will be for Herron to freshen up the mix at Slough House as the series moves along. The new characters fit in well, and you get the sense there is more to them that will be explored in subsequent stories. There are also a few curveballs tossed into the narrative that raise the stakes of the game for all of the characters. I wont spoil anything except to say that while there is an element of humor to the story, it doesn’t mean there isnt real danger afoot.

Slough House, Book 4 | Spook Street

All hell certainly does break loose in Dead Lions, the second book featuring the misfits and screwups in MI5 that are sent to bide their time in Slough House. In the sequel, a dead spy sets off a chain of events that involves Russian oligarchs, small English towns, and the biggest building in London. Of course the slow horses get pulled into the intrigue and manage to muddle their way through. Chernitsky ambushes Ho on the train but, after Dander boards the train and helps fighting him, escapes. Lamb calls Katinsky, deducing that he is the supposedly fictional Russian spymaster "Alexander Popov". Katinsky reveals that outside of his part in the Glasshouse plot, he also intended to kill Lamb in retribution for Charles Partner, his mole at MI5. Lamb, already aware of this, had notified David that he was another potential target due to his complicity in Partner's death. By the time River arrives at Tunbridge Wells by plane with Kelly, David has already ambushed and killed Chernitsky with a shotgun. Louisa and Longridge kill Pashkin when he attempts to escape the Glasshouse, having betrayed and killed Piotr along the way. Realizing he has been outmaneuvered, Katinsky goads Lamb to kill him. Lamb instead leaves Katinsky with one bullet left in his revolver, and Katinsky kills himself.