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Zusatztext What a find! . . . I think Herron's is the next big name in crime fiction Informationen zum Autor Mick Herron's first Jackson Lamb novel, Slow Horses , was described as the 'most enjoyable British spy novel in years' by the Mail on Sunday and picked as one of the best twenty spy novels of all time by the Daily Telegraph . The second, Dead Lions , won the 2013 CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger. The third, Real Tigers , was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and both the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. The fourth, Spook Street , was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger and won the Steel Dagger. London Rules is the fifth. Mick Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford. Klappentext The latest novel in the "Slough House" series, following on from "Slow Horses" and "Dead Lions", which won the CWA Gold Dagger. TV rights have been bought by See Saw, who made "The King's Speech" and "Top Of The Lake". Vorwort The new novel in the CWA Gold Dagger-winning Jackson Lamb series Zusammenfassung SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER AND THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 'If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers ' The Spectator 'The finest new crime series this millennium' Mail on Sunday London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their careers pushing paper. But when one of these fallen spies is kidnapped by a former soldier bent on revenge, the agents must breach the defenses of Regent's Park to steal valuable intel in exchange for their comrade's safety. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg, however, as the agents uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves not only a group of private mercenaries, but also the highest authorities in the Security Service. After years spent as the lowest on the totem pole, the spies suddenly find themselves caught in the midst of a conspiracy that threatens not only the future of Slough House, but of MI5 itself . . . ...
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Herron's Slough House novels are the finest new crime series this Millennium Mail on Sunday
