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I loved this. Great story-telling with characters who feel real. You care what happens to them even though they‘re flawed and often cranky. I really enjoyed the dry wit. Herron is masterful in writing funny one-liners & comical situations that stay above farce. Sophisticated writing that doesn‘t take itself too seriously. Great ear for dialogue and sense of place - the un-flashy parts of London where Slough House operates. Escapist, smart and fun.

I love this series!!!
It's the opposite of what's always held me back from examining classic British spy fiction, the concern that I'll encounter more of that Ian Fleming aftertaste of an over-sexed, ultra-smooth, super spy on a caper without consequences.
The ever-shifting, exceptionally human occupants of Slough House have simultaneously nothing and everything to lose, and plenty of edge left to sneak up on those who've underestimated them. 1/

Enjoying this colour way. Based on what I've previously read from these two series, evidently strong orange and bright green mixed with a splash of yellow is a good way to convey urgency, action and mystery...💚🧡💛

Loving this series on #audiobook

This is the second book. Start with Slow Horses.

The second volume of the “Slow Horses” series of spy thrillers. I love the humor with which the author writes-not taking anything too seriously-and the vividly created characters. A lot of the characters carry over, but inevitably some will meet with a noble (or ignominious as the case may be) demise, and the inscrutable Jackson Lamb continues to reign over all. On to volume three!

Second in the Slough House series and just as enjoyable as the first. We‘ve been hand selling a lot of these at Skylark Bookshop. Funny, clever, never quite what you expect. Highly recommended.

Second in his Slough House series, where the screw-ups and lepers of British Intelligence are exiled to wait out their retirement, overseen by overweight, flatulent, brilliant, slob Jackson Lamb. A long-forgotten minor spy is found murdered on a bus and suddenly some of the "slow horses" see redemption within grasp. Simultaneously hilarious and a gripping thriller.

Mick Herron writes a great yarn! The second installment in his Slough House series about disgraced British spies is as good as the first one. Like John le Carré but with a sense of humour, Herron's books are fast paced and hard to put down. I'm excited that there are three more out now, with another due next year, because this has become one of my favourite book series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is the most quotable book I've read in ages lol

I see what you did there 😄😄😄

When lions yawn, it doesn‘t mean they‘re tired. It means they‘re waking up.

Too me awhile to get back to this series after starting it last year. This was just as good as the first book!

The second book in the Slow Horses series is just as gripping and twisty and surprising as the first. These are such great spy novels! (And this from someone who tried to read and wanted to like John LeCarre, and failed miserably. Or he failed me, whichever you prefer). 10/10 would recommend!

Perched on the back seat of a bus where a man had died, Jackson Lamb was looking out at a cracked concrete forecourt and a pair of wooden gates, beyond which lay Reading town centre. As a long -time Londoner, Lamb couldn‘t contemplate this without a shudder.

Second in the Slow Horses series and I am hooked. An old agent who served with Jackson Lamb in Berlin turns up dead and Jackson does not believe the official story. Soon the Horses find themselves drawn into a plot, which had its origins in the Cold War but is now cloaked in a very modern guise. Think Spooks (the TV series) where the central characters are washed out failures led by a old spy with the mind of Smiley, and a distinct lack of manners

A second super entry in the series. There's plenty of action but plenty of working through the problem also. Not sure that every emotional beat is wholly earned, but it rattles along so pleasingly that it's hard to quibble. I'd like to see the slow horses function more as an actual team in the future, but I'll be back regardless.

This is simply magnificent. Jackson Lamb is as dishevelled as John Le Carre's George Smiley and even coarser than Reginald Hill's Superintendent Andy Dalziel. A new, gritty take on the spy novel.

Read my goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32192672-dead-lions

The second in Mick Herron's JACKSON LAMB SERIES is another fast-paced, twisting spy thriller with Cold War roots, a dark sense of humour, sassy one-liners and a cheerful willingness to kill characters just as you're starting to love them.