Mick Herron

The Instant Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller from the Author of Slow Horses. MI5's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner goes on the offensive. And when that happens, people get hurt. Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, the slow horses are hard at work: belittling each other, pushing paper, and marking time. Their boss, Jackson Lamb, wants them at their desks, but the slow horses are always looking for a way back on to Spook Street. Meanwhile, another slow horse, River Cartwright, is waiting to be passed fit for work. At a loose end, and with his grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book. What stories will it hold? And who wants those stories to stay silent? After all, spies lie, they betray, it's what they do.

Catherine Standishová je ze všech Pomalých koní tím nejméně nápadným. Zažila toho dost na to, aby přestala věřit, že existuje něco jako náhoda. Takže když se stane obětí únosu, pochybuje, že by šlo o něco osobního. Musí za tím být Jackson Lamb, respektive jeho minulost. Ale ať už si o Lambovi myslíte cokoli, není to člověk, který by někoho ze svého týmu nechal na holičkách.

Catherine Standishová je ze všech Pomalých koní tím nejméně nápadným. Zažila toho dost na to, aby přestala věřit, že existuje něco jako náhoda. Takže když se stane obětí únosu, pochybuje, že by šlo o něco osobního. Musí za tím být Jackson Lamb, respektive jeho minulost. Ale ať už si o Lambovi myslíte cokoli, není to člověk, který by někoho ze svého týmu nechal na holičkách.

Objevte předlohu druhé série úspěšného seriálu Slow Horses s Garym Oldmanem! Pomalí koně tentokrát mají větší šanci na vykoupení než kdy předtím. Starý špión z dob studené války Dickie Bow je nalezen mrtvý v autobuse a šéf Slough House Jackson Lamb je přesvědčen, že byl zavražděn. Postupné odhalování různých tajemství vede k muži jménem Alexander Popov, který je buď pouhým sovětským strašákem, nebo nejnebezpečnějším mužem na světě. Kolik dalších lidí bude muset zemřít, než Pomalí koně záhadu rozluští?

Objevte předlohu druhé série úspěšného seriálu Slow Horses s Garym Oldmanem! Pomalí koně tentokrát mají větší šanci na vykoupení než kdy předtím. Starý špión z dob studené války Dickie Bow je nalezen mrtvý v autobuse a šéf Slough House Jackson Lamb je přesvědčen, že byl zavražděn. Postupné odhalování různých tajemství vede k muži jménem Alexander Popov, který je buď pouhým sovětským strašákem, nebo nejnebezpečnějším mužem na světě. Kolik dalších lidí bude muset zemřít, než Pomalí koně záhadu rozluští?

Audiokniha Slow Horses: Mrtví lvi, kterou napsal Mick Herron. Objevte předlohu druhé série úspěšného seriálu Slow Horses s Garym Oldmanem! Pomalí koně tentokrát mají větší šanci na vykoupení než kdy předtím. Starý špión z dob studené války Dickie Bow je nalezen mrtvý v autobuse a šéf Slough House Jackson Lamb je přesvědčen, že byl zavražděn.

The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*----''Mick Herron is our best and most topical spy writer'' Ian Rankin''Britain''s finest living thriller writer'' Sunday Express''The man is a genius'' The Spectator----Spies lie. They betray. It''s what they do.Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man''s library, and a mysteriously missing book.Regent''s Park''s First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn''t appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner turns blackmail into opportunity.Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice. But as far as Jackson Lamb is concerned, the slow horses should all be at their desks.Because when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions and fool around, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.But they''re his clowns. And if they don''t all come home, there''ll be a reckoning.Available to pre-order now!

Vítejte ve světě pomalých koní, agentů MI5, kteří to královsky zvorali! Londýnský Slough House je místem, kam legendami opředená kontrarozvědka své průšviháře uklízí. Někteří z nich svou nešikovností zničili nespočet životů, jiní zkřížili cestu ambicióznějším kolegům, další si rádi a často přihnou. Jedno ale mají společné – chtějí zpátky do akce. Dokážou se pomalí koně vedení Jacksonem Lambem dostat zpátky do sedla? Předloha úspěšného seriálu Slow Horses s Garym Oldmanem v hlavní roli vás naprosto dostane.

A SPECIAL SIGNED ANNIVERSARY EDITION CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SLOW HORSESFeaturing an exclusive foreword from Mick Herron and an exclusive essay from Tim Shipman (author of All Out War)With stunning sprayed edges and endpapers, new cover design, ribbon marker and signed by the author, this unmissable one-off special edition is the perfect gift and collector''s item for fans of Slow Horses, the basis of the award-winning TV show starring Gary Oldman----''To have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one''s career; and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron''s novels - the heir, in a way, to le Carré - is a terrific thing'' Gary OldmanSlough House is the outpost where disgraced spies are banished to see out the rest of their derailed careers. Known as the ''slow horses'' these misfits have committed crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal while on duty.In this drab and mildewed office these highly trained spies don''t run ops, they push paper. Not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a slow horse and the one thing they have in common is they want to be back in the action.''The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War'' The Times''The most enjoyable British spy novel in years'' Mail on Sunday''The new spy master'' Evening Standard

Audiokniha Slow Horses, kterou napsal Mick Herron. Vítejte ve světě pomalých koní, agentů MI5, kteří to královsky zvorali! Londýnský Slough House je místem, kam legendami opředená kontrarozvědka své průšviháře uklízí. Někteří z nich svou nešikovností zničili nespočet životů, jiní zkřížili cestu ambicióznějším kolegům, další si rádi a často přihnou. Jedno ale mají společné – chtějí zpátky do akce.

Vítejte ve světě pomalých koní, agentů MI5, kteří to královsky zvorali! Londýnský Slough House je místem, kam legendami opředená kontrarozvědka své průšviháře uklízí. Někteří z nich svou nešikovností zničili nespočet životů, jiní zkřížili cestu ambicióznějším kolegům, další si rádi a často přihnou. Jedno ale mají společné – chtějí zpátky do akce. Dokážou se pomalí koně vedení Jacksonem Lambem dostat zpátky do sedla? Předloha úspěšného seriálu Slow Horses s Garym Oldmanem v hlavní roli vás naprosto dostane.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying''Unexpected and satisfying . . . The engaging heroine never loses her cool, from the melancholy opening to the whirlwind finale, a marvellously extended set-piece'' KirkusZoë Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoë wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline''s boss is persistent, and as Zoë attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she''s never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he''s found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralysing fear?

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying''Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He''s also a tricky plotter'' New York Times Book ReviewWhen Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who robbed Sweeney''s jewellery shop, she''s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn''t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she''s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who''s dedicating what''s left of his life to protecting Katrina Blake from her late husband''s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets. And death, like taxes, can''t be avoided forever.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying''This is one of these novels where you read it, not just to see what happens at the end, but to see what happens on the very next page'' BooklistWhen a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zoë Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zoë kill herself, or did one of her old cases come back to haunt her? Why was she wearing the jacket a murderer had stolen years before? And what''s brought Sarah''s former sparring partner Gerard Inchon to the same broken-down hotel where she''s staying? Coincidence is an excuse that soon appears pretty unconvincing. Sarah can''t leave until she''s found the answers to her questions, however dangerous they might turn out to be.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying''Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible'' Daily TelegraphIt''s an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home.In the aftermath, a house now stands devastated, with two adults dead and a young girl missing.With the police more interested in keeping the neighbours from rubbernecking than in searching for the missing child, Sarah becomes obsessed with finding her.She enlists the help of Zoë Boehm''s investigation agency, but Sarah''s and Zoë''s search reveals more secrets than answers, taking them from Oxford''s cobbled streets to the rugged outer reaches of the British Isles. As Zoë and Sarah draw closer to the truth, they are caught in a web of conspiracy and come up against government forces, cold-blooded mercenaries and vengeful loners.Down Cemetery Road is Mick Herron''s debut novel and the first book in the Zoë Boehm series.

Trying to investigate the Secret Service is like trying to get rid of the stink of dead badger. Hard. For two years the government's Monochrome inquiry has produced nothing more than a series of dead ends. The Service has kept what happened in the newly reunified Berlin under wraps for decades, and intends for it to stay that way. But then the OTIS file turns up. What classified secrets does it hold? And what damage will it create? All Max Janácek knows is that someone is chasing him through the pitch-dark country lanes and they want him gone. WE ALL HAVE JOBS TO DO IN THE DAYLIGHT. IT'S WHAT YOU DO IN THE SECRET HOURS THAT REVEALS WHO YOU REALLY ARE.