Rating: 5/5
Review:
A great addition to a fantastic series
Mick Herron has created a fantastic series of spy thrillers
in the Slough House series and this, the fourth, is well up to the brilliant
standard of its predecessors.
Not a great deal more need be said, really, but this is
another rather twisty tale of the washed-up spooks of Slough House, dragged
into the aftermath of a terrorist outrage and lots of consequent internal
Intelligence politics and nefarious dealings, some going back decades. The plot is good, although perhaps slightly
less plausible than previous books – but who cares? It's still a gripping, superbly told tale
with the magnificent Jackson Lamb at its heart and Herron manages to make this
both hilarious and chilling – sometimes simultaneously. Lamb and his ragbag of rejects are again
superbly drawn, damaged characters, about whom we somehow care, Lamb himself remains
his cynically obnoxious self and I laughed out loud regularly, as I always do
when reading Mick Herron's books. Lamb
is one of the great creations of modern fiction.
If you haven't yet read the Slough House series I would
recommend reading the others in order first (Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers), but this can be
read on its own. If you have read the
others you'll need no encouragement from me; this is an excellent addition to
what is becoming a classic series and is very warmly recommended.
(I received an ARC via Netgalley.)
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