Ambitious, backslapping government toff Peter Judd (Samuel West), aka 'PJ', is definitely not supposed to be identified with any Boris Johnsons who may or may not have been Foreign Secretary at the time Slow Horses was written. If I was being nit-picky, then Id question why Lady Di didnt do her due diligence before getting back in withJudd given how careful she usually is, but equally Herron does make clear they had history together and the nature of the revelation does hold a lot of delicious possibilities for future books given how ensnared Lady Di now is. Slough House is the one you want to find out about River. He is never without a drink or a smoke, even when the team goes dark, and remains as rude and offensive as ever. Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. Given what Reeses boyfriend was doing, theres clearly some potential for him to pop up in future books and if so, I would like to have him get more to do than being the butt of the joke. For River Cartwright, however, all of this plays second fiddle to the fact that not only is Sidonie 'Sid' Baker still alive, but she's turned up at his dead grandfather's house in Kent because she needs his help. At the same time Ho has hacked into the Parks computer system and discovered that all traces of Slough House have been expunged from the records. Cartwright is able to rescue Roddy Ho before he can be taken into custody, but Min and Louisa are unable to stop their colleague Struan from being taken from his home by operatives. After the Berlin Wall came down, he tells her, spy networks were being rolled up across Europe, and everyone was paranoid about old scores being settled. Has Louisa finally been able to put her past with Min behind her? The only slight nagging doubt is whether it will maintain the sky high quality standards. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. I thought the entire cast was near perfect, and cant wait for the next season. 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. Larry arrives at a seaport in Harwich, but is shot dead by "The Dogs" on the orders of Tierney, who plant a weapon on his corpse to justify the killing. Chernitsky ambushes Ho on the train and escapes after an altercation with Dander. History Season 1 At an airport, River Cartwright gets ready to board his flight while waiting for someone. Every spy assigned theredust binned might be a good term to addknows theyve made a mess somewhere in their recent past, and they wont be allowed back into the Park, the office of really performing agents, ever again. Taverner meets with Lamb and reveals Ahmed is the nephew of the second in command of Pakistani Military Intelligence. Such events, on home turf, require a response and Taverner is keen enough to make that happen to allow Judds involvement. His colleague Sidonie 'Sid' Baker has also been assigned to Hobden, discreetly copying the contents of his USB flash drive in a cafe. I also really wanted to see Rivers mum make an appearance and will feel cheated if its just at his funeral. yes reading in order is key and just stack them up next to your bed and dont expect to move for 10 days. Theyre looking to pick off the slow horses one by one.Buy now on Amazon, Bad Actors takes a look at Brexit and the government advisor who engineered it. And will Herron reveal this fact early in the book or leave us hanging throughout? I love this series, but it does require starting at the beginning. Duncan and Kelly find and untie River, and he is eventually able to convince them of Alexs true identity. Against a background of Brexit, Novichok poisonings and Yellow Vest protests, the remaining slow horses are dealing with the recent violent loss of two associates. It has been a while since I read one but watching the first series on TV reminded me just how good these books are (and I do prefer them as books). Lamb meets with Nikolai Katinsky, an ex-KGB agent and defector. Taverner calls Standish several times to flip her allegiance, alleging that Lamb was involved with Charles Partner's death, but she remains loyal to him when he comes to extract her. As I did before the release of Slough House, I look at some of the burning questions ahead of the next book. Initially the series was to consist of two seasons, but two additional seasons have since been ordered. Well, unless you count Ashley Khan. The seventh entry to the Slough House series is as thrilling and bleeding-edge relevant as ever. Lamb "returns" Duffy's car to Regent's Park Headquarters and demands to speak with Taverner. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. Joe Country is a triumph and, in my opinion, the series highlight so far. Still with much unfinished business and exiled to the hinterlands of Slough House, the very well-connected River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) received some seasoned advice from his Jonathan Pryce. These are remarkably politically incorrect, but work because of Lambs unbreakable loyalty to his misfit crew. But is the victim who he first appears to be? So they all get to stay put at Slough House, no prizes, no pats on the back, just a dismal career under Jackson Lamb's nicotine-stained thumb. By the time River arrives at Tunbridge Wells by plane with Kelly Tropper, David has already ambushed and killed Chernitsky with a shotgun. The story, in the early days of, This week sees the release of Trouble, the third book in the Hella Mauzer series by Katja Ivar. Leeds Uni student and aspiring stand-up comic Hassan Ahmed was kidnapped by far-right group Sons of Albion, who threatened to decapitate him live on the internet. Ho traces the number, which places the phone in Estonia. Well that was an experience: high-speed foot chases, unexpected decapitations, incompetent spies and a lot of middle-aged flatulence. Perhaps COVID-19 will make an appearance in next years novel. Several other members of the team think that it may have happened to them too, though their incompetence makes it difficult to be sure. Ho is the computer nerd, a legend in his own mind; Dander is a brash cokehead; and Wicinski a desk analyst who was framed for paedophilia. Guess I will have to wait for Joe Country (suspecting that is the needed volume) to become available. Based on the Seas o n 2 trailer that ran after Season 1 Episode 6 on Apple TV+, most of the key cast will be back, including Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Kristin . Lamb discovers Katinskys involvement as a triple agent; he agreed to assist the Russians and distract Lamb in exchange for facing no repercussions for his defection decades earlier. At the height of the war on terror, a British subject is abducted by a terror cell and his beheading is to be streamed live on the internet, but the young man is a British Asian Muslim and the terror cell part of a far-right splinter group. The gun threat is a joke, and Piotr invites Min to drink vodka with him and Kyril. She thinks that there are two people trying to kill her and River doesnt know if its a real threat or something caused by the gunshot wound to the head that she took at the end of SLOW HORSES. [1] Season two premiered on December 2, 2022. Please let River live. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! Slow Horses is available to watch on Apple TV+. Hes also ruthlessly effective. Lamb really is an appalling character and I can easily understand those who don't like him but he is bloody funny too! What is known about Cartwright's death and what the two cases have in common. River bribes a taxi driver in Stroud, who reveals he drove Chernitsky to an airfield and flying club in Upshott, but was instructed to lie about it and call a number should people come looking. River Cartwright is positioned as Lamb's spiritual opposite. One of the first things to appreciate is that each novel is an underdog story a group of individuals, under-qualified and under-resourced, who have to beat their better-off cousins at The Park to save the day. Outside of Slough House there is Diana Taverner Lady Di behind her back the ultra-ambitious Second Desk in charge of Ops. Plus it would be interesting if the focus moved onto Louisa who has never really reckoned with taking those diamonds and who is also quietly competent at the back. I know you dont want spoilers so I wont name the character but I feel Herron has made a big mistake re their demise as the character had really become the moral center of the series, much more than Jackson Lamb. River cartwright is contacted by the kidnappers and sent into The Park to retrieve secret documents in exchange for her release. One of them has been used to commit a terrorist atrocity in a London shopping centre. In this case, it's learning the truth to a story Dornan has found in her precious archives. LOOK AWAY NOW. Former field agent Richard Bough, aka Dickie Bow, recognizes a man who tortured him during the Cold War, follows him, and dies on a rail replacement bus of an apparent heart attack. Drama, sadness, playfulness and great humour. In some cases, we earn commissions from affiliate links in our posts. He now lives in Oxford and works in London. This, like Real Tigers, is one of the more action-packed adventures in the series, and one where several earlier plot lines are resolved to move the bigger story forwards. With a seasoned spy for a grandfather, his star in MI5 was expected to ascend into the stratosphere. Someone more like Warren Clarke or Sidney Greenstreet is more in keeping with how he is portrayed. This one seemed like the best so far, but maybe it was the wait for it to come out, or just that I'm getting to know the characters better. Meanwhile, River comes closer to answering his most burning question: who engineered his transfer to Slough House?Buy now on Amazon, Without Lambs knowledge, Louisa Guy and Min Harper are seconded by The Park on a baby sitting job. Being a non-native speaker, reading this series is more than a pleasure, it's an invaluable treasure chest with the modern English, seasoned with wit, sarcasm and Englishness. She directed MI5 undercover agent Alan Black to infiltrate the group and organise the kidnapping with the intention of then miraculously finding and capturing the gang and freeing Hassan, who, conveniently, was the nephew of Pakistan's Defence Minister, someone it would be useful to impress. Jackson Lamb wasnt demoted to Slough House he was given the post, at his request, after Charles Partner died. River speaks with his grandfather about Bough's death. Who is the new Head Dog? All that remains is to dive in & find out what fresh hell Jackson Lamb (AKA Mick Herron) & his crew stumble into this time. but it also leaves me in a quandary as I don't want to say anything that will give even the slightest spoilers for the delights between these covers so I'm just going to say that if you're not a Herron fan, do yourself a favour and start this series from the beginning; and if you are, you'll need no urging from me to get your hands on this as soon as you possibly can. (SH) Cartwright, River - Young, white, fair hair, grey eyes and a mole on his upper lip. A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2021 Crime Fiction Lover. Herron uses the plot to make some biting comments about the use of private money in security operations and the importance of standing up to bullies. And not just one cliff either; each thread I wanted wrapped up just stops. This is my favorite type of book - clever humor (esp British) with a good story. This is yet another winning book from the series featuring the "slow horses" of Britain's intelligence world. His wife's divorcing him and even the people who like him (pretty much only Louisa) think he's still a bit of an idiot. The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass. Roddy Ho is the computer whiz, uber-geek and the butt of everyones jokes, not just Lambs. i wish it would go on forever. Newcomer Marcus Longridge replaces Min on the Pashkin assignment, and confesses to Louisa he has a gambling addiction. Something is brewing at the Park, and Diana Taverner, First Desk, and enemy of Lamb from way back, is probably behind it. Jackson Lambs Slough House crew are still coming to terms with the events in Wales that saw the death of ex-Dog Emma Flyte and their own J K Coe but they also have a more serious problem to deal with: Roderick Roddy Ho has discovered that someone in the Park has wiped their records from the Service database. (Had to listen 4-5 times to audiobook last chapters of novel previous to this one. However, she is soon reminded there is no such thing as a free lunch and we observe that there are no limits to Judds ambition. 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