So it seems clear that she got exiled to Slough House for a drunken mistake. However, they cant afford to ignore the assassination, on UK soil, of a Russian defector. 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. They may be (they are) all failures, but still, they are his, and he doesnt allow anyone to mess with them (much). Herron also makes some sharp digs about the role of the media in shaping the political agenda courtesy of newcomer Damien Cantor whose only loyalty is to his own power and wealth. (He returns in Slough House, books fans.). The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. And true, Min and Louisa managed to follow that van Until they ran out of petrol because Min was hungry and thinking about sex instead of filling up the tank. Cokehead Shirley Dander's been send to a sanitarium to dry out; narcissist Roddy Ho is creating avatar girlfriends for himself as a distraction; River Cartwright, the most potentially sane of the Slough House discards, isn't even around, presumed dead or permanently missing. Hassan then has to fight the urge to kill Curly himself, which he ultimately doesn't. Still, I am broken-hearted and may not be able to finish Bad Actors. Whats Diana Taverner like as First Desk? Pick up a copy of. Roddy Ho is the computer whiz, uber-geek and the butt of everyones jokes, not just Lambs. Alex takes off in the plane, and Katinsky tells River they plan to fly it into The Glasshouse skyscraper before leaving. Robert M. Cartwright, 82, of Toms River, passed away on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. One of them has been used to commit a terrorist atrocity in a London shopping centre. 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. River Cartwright, is away in Kent, mourning the death of the OB, short for the Old Bastard who was Cartwright's grandfather, surrogate father and was a service legend. He is assigned by his superior Jackson Lamb to carry out surveillance on Robert Hobden, a journalist associated with far-right politicians Peter Judd MP and Roger Simmonds. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! Over the course of the Slough House series, there have been a number of plot threads that have been left open for future stories. But is the victim who he first appears to be? Slough House is the seventh book in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series by award-winning British author, Mick Herron. As far as Catherine is concerned, Charles shot himself, an event that apparently led to her renouncing alcohol and being sent to Slough House. I thought the entire cast was near perfect, and cant wait for the next season. Cartwright, having copied the contents of Hobden's USB drive before delivering it to Regent's Park, realises it contains no information and manipulates a rival, James 'Spider' Webb, into confirming the same. 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. He's a serious young man, and of all the slow horses the most upset at his demotion. In the seventh installment of this series, Mick Herron returns to the convoluted and devious world of the British Secret Service and the inhabitants of Slough House.These Joes are the disgraced of the secret world, shunted aside and relegated to meaningless tasks that underscore their irrelevance. I dont mind spoilers I just put them behind a cut so people have a choice of reading on. - The most shocking thing coming out of Slough House was the poisoning and apparent death of River Cartwright in the final moments of the novel. Dead Lions - which went on to win the highly coveted Gold Dagger award for best novel of the year from the Crime Writers . Theyre still getting paid but no longer formally exist and things get more sinister when Louisa Guy discovers that someone from the Service is trailing her and the other slow horses find that they are also being followed. love this series- absolutely brilliant. Thats how I interpret it. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. Is dead, we know why Jackson whacked him and we have met Rivers spy daddy and had him whacked too, I can understand if Herron thinks he has served his purpose. As we know, however, Freddie Fox's "Spider" Webb had fed him false information, and River is, in fact, a highly competent, if over-eager agent. However, when two Britons came across the perfume bottle in which the nerve agent had been carried, one of them died. He confronts Webb, alleging Taverner had him purposefully feed him incorrect intel during the Stansted exercise so he would fail and be demoted, as he had the photograph of her meeting with Black. With the 2022 release of the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, however, it's come onto the radar of an entirely new set of people - many of them addicted to the twists and turns and delightful subterfuge . 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. The complete guide to Mick Herrons Slough House series, Irish crime drama North Sea Connection comes to BBC Four. Kill us? River calls in a Code September, prompting Taverner to evacuate Judd from his speech at The Royal Exchange and the immediate area around The Glasshouse. Taverner confronts Judd at his home, revealing that calls he made to his far-right contacts after Hobden visited resulted in the mission being compromised and Black's death. However, when Mins son went missing and she took on the role of detective, old feelings resurfaced. 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). The only slight nagging doubt is whether it will maintain the sky high quality standards. He tells River that in East Berlin Bough went AWOL and was assumed to have defected, but returned drunk. 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. Except as noted, each character has appeared in all seasons so far shown. Lamb and Taverner will have to work together to maintain MI5s independence, but can they put their history of betrayal and revenge behind them? Alongside that are running gags, observational humour and the vulgar insults Jackson Lamb regularly spits at his team. It is difficult to elaborate more without any spoilers, but. She is the sensible mother figure of the group. . Lamb and his team are drawn into a complex and dangerous mess of Judd and Taverners making and, as usual, have to resolve things in their own inimitable style. Its hard to miss the promotion on television and online for Slow Horses, as the earliest in Mick Herrons Slough House spy novels jumps genre into an Apple TV+ show featuring Gary Oldman. It is always a joy when a new addition to Mick Herron's superb Slow Horses series makes an appearance, and believe me when I say this one lives up to all my high expectations, smart, razor sharp satire and comic humour, unparalleled in its ability to follow and echo the nightmare that is our contemporary British politics and Brexit. (SH) Cartwright, Isobel - River's mother. By the time River arrives at Tunbridge Wells by plane with Kelly Tropper, David has already ambushed and killed Chernitsky with a shotgun. printed out and left in a dead drop in . Charles Partner was, in fact, a double agent at the top of MI5, and had been getting away with selling Britain's secrets for years thanks to the befuddled ignorance of his alcoholic assistant, Catherine Standish. Quite young and still deluding herself that the infamous Diana Taverner will take her back into important operations, Ashley is also obsessed with the source of her demotion: Jackson Lamb, head of Slough House. Initially the series was to consist of two seasons, but two additional seasons have since been ordered. *Puts feet up on desk, lights ciggie, farts*. Probably all that really need be said about Slough House is that its well up to the standard of the rest of this brilliant series. one of the things always on the mind of any reader of the series is whether all the characters will make it out alive. He tried to leverage his former acquaintance with Judd into calling off the kidnapping because Judd, it turns out, has a secret, extremist past and connections to the Sons of Albion's financial backer. Lamb meets with Taverner and discusses Katinsky's story, and convinces her to fund a fake ID and cover package for River, who he then meets and instructs to investigate the airfield, and its owner Duncan Tropper, further. Herrons plot is packed with twists and delightfully sardonic conversations, and the books only major flaw is that at some point it ends and one must resume normal life.. Part of the popularity of the series lies in the fact these books simply make you feel good. Despite giving every indication of wanting his team of slow horses to fail spectacularly, he never gives up on a Joe (spy), and its this trait which makes him such a popular character. Standish beats Krymov in a game of chess, and he reveals it was Katinsky, not Pashkin he met with to set up the Webb meeting. He was raised by his grandfather, David, a service legend, and grew up hearing stories of his time in the service. that ex-spy Claude Whelan, a tool in use by Taverner, is muddying all possible waters with a notion of payback on Lamb, and hes more effective than young Ashley: Where did Whelans loyalties lie? 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. Herron grounds his novels around notable real-life events for satirical purposes, and this time he concocts a story around Brexit, the Yellow Vest protests and the Russian Novichok assassinations. Roddy Ho, Shirley Dander and Lech Wicinski round out the team. 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. Like the previous novels, it was shortlisted for a number of prestigious wards.Buy now on Amazon, A private funding deal, worked out in secret between Diana Taverner and Peter Judd, gives the Park the resources to strike back at Putin, sending a hit team into Russia to rub out the Novichok poisoners. . Tamsin Topolski as Kelly Tropper, a pub barmaid in Upshott and the daughter of Alex and Duncan. Herron builds his characters and reveals more about them perhaps as the series unfolds. Sid in the books remains 'dead' for several books, and returns in Slough House, where it emerges that she suffered permanent brain damage and has been living in a safe house all along. More interesting is the introduction of Desmond Flint and his Yellow Vest movement and the way that Judd is latching onto them. Catherine Standish 17 episodes, 2022-2023 Chris Reilly . But in the end, he takes the high road and lies to him, saying that according to his grandfather, Ho was just so awesome that he was making everyone else look bad, so had to be disposed of. Another semi-c0mpetent agent, Louisa is a little more able than most of Slough House's denizens. River Cartwright who took centre stage in Slow Horses drops out of the limelight in this one, and no one really fills that centre stage position. For River Cartwright, however, all of this plays second fiddle to the fact that not only is Sidonie Sid Baker still alive, but shes turned up at his dead grandfathers house in Kent because she needs his help. Standish begins having flashbacks to the death of a former colleague of hers and Lamb's, Charles Partner. Tierney returns from the US, ordering all loose ends be tied up after Taverner further lies to her about the operation. Guess I will have to wait for Joe Country (suspecting that is the needed volume) to become available. Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. Constant budget constraints have left the Park unable to respond to Russian provocation. Taverner is dealing with intelligence and now Home Secretary Peter Judd MP regarding a large upcoming anti-capitalist protest in London. Questions that we will likely get answered right away in Slough House . 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 . Meanwhile, Claude Whelan, current First Desk, is caught between a weak PM and a populist MP flushed from a successful Brexit referendum. Will Devon Welles get a promotion or will we see a new character take the job? She offers him a way out that will result in him being fired but not charged, but also threatens Standish and tells him Sid has died in hospital. Blonde, handsome, smart, passionate, and the grandson of an MI5 legend (played by Jonathan Pryce), he is obviously meant to be the . While she obsesses on punishing Lamb, the team is actually in crisis mode. Such events, on home turf, require a response and Taverner is keen enough to make that happen to allow Judds involvement. He now lives in Oxford and works in London. Your email address will not be published. White T," complains our hero, River Cartwright, played by Jack Lowden, to his co-working nemesis, "Spider" Webb, played by Freddie Fox. What is known about Cartwright's death and what the two cases have in common. Your email address will not be published. One could certainly be excused for not looking at Lambbetween his predictably terrible farts, his smoking and spitting, and his disgustingly soiled clothing and office, hes both camouflaged and repellent. Thanks for the review. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10, based on 55 critic reviews. He talks to a team which guides him, telling him to look for an Asian male. Lamb and his team flee the property before "The Dogs" arrive, knowing that since the operation has not gone to plan that Slough House will be blamed. Unlike the rest of the team, the reason for Lambs demotion to Slough House is never revealed. I am not sure I can read any more. But just as Cartwright was given just enough. The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3, Neighbours announces seven more returning cast. maybe it will. What would be the point?. On that subject. A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelanone-time head of MI5's Regent's Parkis tasked with tracking her down. Joe Country is a triumph and, in my opinion, the series highlight so far. Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, an up-and-coming MI5 agent shunted aside to Slough House after a very public training exercise mistake. Herron has provided another winning entry in what is becoming both a critical and commercial hit. Roderick, a self-anointed master of online information with a blind spot big enough to encompass all human interactions, spends his days wondering just what he did wrong to end up in Slough House. Now, like his fellow slow horses, he keeps looking for new ways to revive his career. You probably do need to have read the earlier books to understand the character dynamics, and previous events are referenced throughout - we listened to the audiobook and The Cats Father, who hasnt read the previous books, was able to follow but missed a lot of the jokes & plot points. This is yet another winning book from the series featuring the "slow horses" of Britain's intelligence world. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew are feeling paranoid. However, one of the business men behind the deal, looking to make contacts in Russia, passes on sensitive information to the GRU who are looking to escalate matters. And not just one cliff either; each thread I wanted wrapped up just stops. The story begins back at old St. Leonard's, the Spooks' Chapel, where River Cartwright's grandfather was laid to rest at the start of Joe Country. . Taverner meets with Lamb and reveals Ahmed is the nephew of the second in command of Pakistani Military Intelligence. Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon. The main series development is the return of Sid Baker, which was first teased in LONDON RULES but finally Herron reveals that yes, she did survive SLOW HORSES and has spent the last few years recuperating in a Service facility in the Lake District. He can handle Lambs temperament but he isnt who I see when I read the books. Because I already know that lurking inside is an intricate plot wrapped around plenty of wit & humour. Does Unforgotten work without Nicola Walker? Theyre not allowed anywhere near MI5 HQ, which is referred to as Regents Park although the organisation is no longer based there. The rest of the team reconvene, and River recalls he took a photo of Taverner covertly meeting with Alan Black whilst carrying out surveillance training. Joe Country was particularly bloody for some of them. Below are some of the ones Im most interested in seeing addressed. Just get ready for a jaw-dropping development at the start - and a poignant ending. Taverner is forced to accept funds from disgraced politician Peter Judd a thinly disguised Boris Johnson in order to subcontract a tit-for-tat response. Not crucial questions but worth thinking about . The audio version is narrated by Sean Barrett. Her sometimes ally or enemy depending on which way the wind is blowing is Peter Judd, Tory politician and grandee. Finish it. Here, Herron introduces a new slow horse, Ashley Khan, and further develops his subplot of Russian interference in the British establishment.Buy now on Amazon. Wannabe free spirit. She is one of the most competent agents and appears in every book. Herron won the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger for this novel, though for my money his debut is a better book.Buy now on Amazon, Catherine Standish is abducted by a disgraced soldier with service connections in his past. River Cartwright was sent to Slough House after a training exercise left King's Cross crashed. The impetus for the plot is a fictionalized version of the Skripal incident: Russian agents smeared the Novichok nerve agent on the Salisbury doorknob of a former Russian military officer, Sergei Skripal, who had been a double agent for British intelligence. All Rights Reserved. However, during a scouting mission, when the two are stalking a right-wing journalist called Robert Hobden, Sid is shot by an unseen intruder. Filming of the first season began on 30 November 2020, in England, and continued into February 2021, with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas spotted on set in Westminster, London. They are expected to endure dull, paper-pushing tasks, along with occasional mental abuse from their miserable boss, Jackson Lamb, who expects them to quit out of boredom or frustration. Lamb informs her there is a bomb in the car he returned, which allows Cartwright to sneak in whilst Duffy's security team investigates. Its not universally true no-one likes the character Roddy Ho, for example but River Cartwright and Catherine Standish form a bond, as do Louisa Guy and Min Harper, and Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge. The doctor will see you now Victoria Selman, Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskeys debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. Get ready for some book spoilers that may affect future seasons of Slow Horses. Lamb really is an appalling character and I can easily understand those who don't like him but he is bloody funny too! Set in 1950s Finland, during the Cold War, the books tell the story of a young police woman and budding detective who cuts against the grain when, John Fullertons powerful 1996 debut The Monkey House was set in war-torn Sarajevo and was right in the moment. I would have liked to have got a bit more emotion in the scenes between her and River given the flirtation between them in SLOW HORSES but Herrons very restrained, showing touches of Rivers guilt over what happened to her at the same time as gently indicating there could be something more here as well. Slough House is an administrative purgatory for MI5 service rejects who have bungled their job but somehow have not been outright fired. He deduces Katinsky is the spymaster behind the Cicada program (passing himself off as a junior bureaucrat when defecting to avoid suspicion) and was the handler of a traitor in the service. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. [3][13] Saul Metzstein has been announced as the director of season 3.[14]. . Slough House is his reward for taking care of Charles Partner for MI5. 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. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. These stories about a disparate group of underdogs coming together to beat the odds (and beat The Man) have struck a chord with readers. Forming a protective ring around him, they stopped chief dog Nick Duffy from shooting him from a helicopter. Thats not to say there isnt heartbreak. River speaks with his grandfather about Bough's death. I agree. David discusses the cicada theory of Russian sleeper agents embedded in British society, which MI5 dismissed as a hoax after no sleepers were found and discovered that the programs alleged mastermind, Alexander Popov, did not exist. The Salisbury Novichok poisonings, Russian secret service interference on British soil, has not gone down well in political or intelligence circles, so much so that First Desk arch-manipulator Diana Taverner loses touch with her better instincts as she seeks revenge, making a deal with the devil that results in the Kazan episode. They never got any credit because all they did was unearth Di Taverner's plot, something that her boss, Ingrid Tierney, wanted brushed under the carpet. Theyve never needed to kill us, said Lamb. Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge are the odd couple, though theyre not even a couple. Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. 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. She claims to have an operative embedded with the Sons of Albion who organised the kidnapping, but will also facilitate the rescue. On the other hand, having waited so bloody long to find out what happened to Sid and have her come back I would be pissed off if the two couldnt resume a friendship just to see where it goes. Curly and River engage in a brief shootout, before he is knocked out by Hassan with a rock. He took on Standish as his office manager unknown to her to protect her from being imprisoned as a traitor. Meanwhile Diana Lady Di Taverner has decided to strike back at Russian secret services on their home soil in retaliation for the Novichok poisoning attack in Salisbury. Where to start with Roddy? 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. Someone more like Warren Clarke or Sidney Greenstreet is more in keeping with how he is portrayed. Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried theyve been pushed further into the cold. Required fields are marked *. All in all and nitpicks aside, I thought this was a great read in a series where theres been no let up in quality and I genuinely cannot wait to see what Herron does next with these characters. LOOK AWAY NOW. The website's critics consensus reads, "Slow Horses refreshes the espionage genre by letting its band of snoops be bumbling, with Gary Oldman giving a masterclass in frumpy authority. 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