Slow Horses Slough House Book 1

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473621961

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Slow Horses by Mick Herron Pdf

*Discover The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* 'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The Times Slough House is the outpost where disgraced spies are banished to see out the rest of their derailed careers. Known as the 'slow horses' these misfits have committed crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal while on duty. In this drab and mildewed office these highly trained spies don't run ops, they push paper. Not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a slow horse and the one thing they have in common is they want to be back in the action. When a boy is kidnapped and held hostage, his beheading is scheduled for live broadcast on the net. And whatever the instructions of their masters at the Intelligence Service headquarters, the slow horses aren't going to just sit quiet and watch. 'Captivating' Christopher Brookmyre 'Wonderfully cynical' Bernard Cornwell

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 1473641101

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Slow Horses Jackson Lamb Thriller 1 by Mick Herron Pdf

Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up a case - say by leaving a secret file on a train, or blowing a surveillance. River Carter, one such "slow horse," is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. But is the victim who he first appears to be? And what is the kidnapper's connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River find that everyone has his own agenda.

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781399807821

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Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron Pdf

*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!

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Baskerville Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399803107

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Slough House by Mick Herron Pdf

*Pre-order The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* **THE TIMES THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR** ***WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022*** 'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin Slough House - the crumbling office building to which failed spies, the 'slow horses', are banished - has been wiped from secret service records. Reeling from recent losses in their ranks, the slow horses are worried they've been pushed further into the cold, and fatal accidents keep happening. With a new populist movement taking a grip on London's streets, the aftermath of a blunder by the Russian secret service that left a British citizen dead, and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to requirements. The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass. But the slow horses aren't famed for making wise decisions. 'The most completely realised espionage universe since that peopled by George Smiley' The Times 'An absolute tour-de-force' Sunday Express

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529378733

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Bad Actors by Mick Herron Pdf

*Discover The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A pitch-perfect espionage thriller' Sunday Times In MI5 a scandal is brewing and there are bad actors everywhere. A key member of a Downing Street think-tank has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, one-time First Desk of MI5's Regent's Park, is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to Regent's Park HQ itself, with its chief, Diana Taverner, as prime suspect. Meanwhile her Russian counterpart has unexpectedly shown up in London but has slipped under MI5's radar. Over at Slough House, the home for demoted and embittered spies, the slow horses are doing what they do best: adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation. In a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing is the norm, bad actors are bending the rules for their own gain. If the slow horses want to change the script, they'll need to get their own act together before the final curtain. *Includes the short story Standing by the Wall: A Slough House Interlude* 'The foremost living spy novelist in the English language' New Statesman 'This is entertainment of the highest class' Literary Review 'The man is a genius' The Spectator

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399803298

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Real Tigers by Mick Herron Pdf

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Slough House Thriller
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1529378702

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Bad Actors by Mick Herron Pdf

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781399800563

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The Secret Hours by Mick Herron Pdf

An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller *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.* A BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime '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 modern rival to Ian Fleming and John le Carré' Sunday Times 'One of his best books yet' Daily Telegraph Two 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.

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399812696

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Real Tigers by Mick Herron Pdf

*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* 'The finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years' Metro Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies, former high-fliers now dubbed the 'slow horses'. Catherine Standish, one of their number, worked in Regent's Park long enough to understand treachery, double-dealing and stabbing in the back, and she's known Jackson Lamb long enough to have learned that old sins cast long shadows. And she also knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks, even recovering drunks whose careers have crashed and burned. What she doesn't know is why anyone would target her. So whoever's holding her hostage, it can't be personal. It must be about Slough House. Most likely, it's 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. 'Masterful' Daily Mail 'A pulsating spy thriller' Daily Express

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473646988

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Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron Pdf

'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' Daily Telegraph When 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.

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399803077

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Spook Street by Mick Herron Pdf

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399803069

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Dead Lions by Mick Herron Pdf

Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399803085

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London Rules by Mick Herron Pdf

Author : Gary Wigglesworth
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781472148278

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The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2 by Gary Wigglesworth Pdf

Put your bookworm reputation on the line and prove your literary knowledge with this collection of quizzes for book whizzes. Book lovers can answer questions by themselves or host a quiz among friends with twenty-four quizzes to keep you guessing with a variety of question styles including: - 'Blankety Books', where you must fill in the missing word in each title - Anagrams to decipher - 'Two of a Kind', where you must identify a character and author who share the same initials - Guess the book with 'Say What You See' pictures and badly drawn covers - 'Book Bingo' The quizzes are carefully weighted so avid bookworms will get a workout, while more casual readers can still have lots of fun having a go. All questions are designed to aid guessing, with multiple-choice answers and hints, and make the reader smile with amusing wrong answers, clever red herrings, little-known facts and footnotes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Talking books
ISBN : UFL:31262092858611

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Talking Book Topics by Anonim Pdf