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THE first book in the critically acclaimed slough house series

London’s Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what’s left of their failed careers. The “slow horses,” as they’re called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated there. Maybe they botched an Op so badly they can’t be trusted anymore. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle—not unusual in this line of work. One thing they have in common: they want back in the action. And most of them would do anything to get there─even if it means working together.

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Mick Herron’s Blockbuster 

standalone COLD WAR thrilleR Arrives in paperback

From the author of Slow Horses comes a gripping new spy thriller about a disastrous Cold War-era MI5 mission. The Secret Hours is a perfect entry point into Mick Herron's brand of whip-smart espionage fiction, and an absolute must-read for Slough House fans.

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Anyone who has yet to discover the particular genius of Mick Herron, author of the darkly hilarious ‘Slow Horses’ espionage novels, is in for a serious treat.”

The new York times book review

praise for The SECRET HOURS

An NPR Best Book of 2023

A People “Must-Read Books for Fall 2023” selection
 

The Secret Hours is wonderful. It's Mick Herron at his best.”

Michael Connelly


“An intricate espionage thriller from Herron, whose Slough House series is the basis for Apple TV+'s Slow Horses. Bonus: This terrific standalone offers an enticing slice of Slough House's origin story.”
—People Magazine

 

“Mick Herron’s latest thriller connects the dots between the sins of the post-Cold War era and the messy, contemporary misadventures of the popular Slough House spy series, it’s also fantastic as a standalone. That said, if you’ve read the previous books, the breadcrumbs are a delight to follow..”

—NPR

“Mick Herron is one of the best writers of spy fiction working today.”
—Martin Cruz Smith

“This page-turning stand-alone novel is a perfect entry point into the eccentric world of civil servants and spies that Herron’s Slough House series so wittily portrays.”
—The Washington Post
 

Season 4 of Slow Horses, the critically acclaimed series from Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman in his Emmy-nominated performance as Jackson Lamb, is back.

Want to dive even deeper into the Slough House universe? Season 4 of Slow Horses is based on the novel Spook Street.

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“THE LE CARRÉ

OF THE FUTURE.”

—BBC

praise for Mick Herron and the slough House series

“The best in a generation, by some estimations, and irrefutably the funniest.”

—The New Yorker

 

READ: The New Yorker profile of Mick Herron by Jill Lepore

“What spurs me to keep reading each new installment is Herron’s absurdist voice, which could devolve into cheap cynicism but never does. That’s why the Slough House denizens, from Jackson Lamb to Roddy Ho to newcomer Ashley Kahn, maintain pathos in the face of parody—they may be bitter, but they have pride in themselves and their work.”

—The New York Times Book Review

 

“The best spy novelist now working.” —NPR, Fresh Air

“Out of a wickedly imagined version of MI5, [Herron] has spun works of diabolical plotting and high-spirited cynicism . . . Happily for Mr. Herron—if alas for us—events continue to produce rich material for his special gifts, and we hope he is scribbling away making good use of it all.” —The Wall Street Journal

“[Herron's] cleverly plotted page-turners are driven by dialogue that bristles with one-liners. Much of the humor comes from Herron’s sharp eye for the way bureaucracies, whether corporate or clandestine, function and malfunction. The world of Slough House is closer to ‘The Office’ than to 007.” —The Associated Press 

 
“Herron writes squeakingly well-plotted spy thrillers. More than that, he composes—at the rate of a pulpist—the kind of efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences that feel purpose-built to perforate my private daze of illiteracy. More than that, he’s a world-bringer, the creator of a still-growing fictional universe with its own gravity, lingo, and surface tension.”
—THE ATLANTIC

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ABOUTTHE

AUTHOR

Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of the Slough House series, including the CWA Gold Dagger winner Dead Lions, as well as a mystery series set in Oxford. He now lives in Oxford and works in London.

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