Books by Mick Herron

Portrait of Mick Herron

Mick Herron is the acclaimed British author best known for his razor-sharp espionage novels that blend dark wit with an unflinching look at the modern intelligence world. His celebrated Slough House series, featuring the wonderfully flawed Jackson Lamb and his band of sidelined spies, has earned comparisons to both John le Carré and Graham Greene for its deft balance of tension, humour, and moral ambiguity.

Herron's writing is marked by crisp prose, intricate plotting, and a keen understanding of human frailty. Whether exploring the quiet desperation of failed agents or the political machinations that shape their fates, his novels offer a compelling mix of pace, character, and atmosphere-making him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British crime and espionage fiction.

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  • The Catch: A Novella

    Soho Press Inc The Catch: A Novella

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  • Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition)

    Soho Press Inc Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition)

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    Book SynopsisTHE BOOK BEHIND THE FIRST SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB. Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They''ve screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author, discussion questions for book clubs, and an exclusive short story featuring the slow horses. London, England: 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 got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottle?not unusual in this line of work. One thing they have in common, though, is they want to be back in the action. And most of them would do anything to get there-even if it means having to collaborate with one another. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, the slow horses see an opportunity to redeem themselves. But is the victim really who he appears to be?

    15 in stock

    £16.11

  • Dolphin Junction: Stories

    Soho Press Inc Dolphin Junction: Stories

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  • Soho Press Inc Bad Actors

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    Book SynopsisTHE EIGHTH BOOK IN THE SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV+Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy. “Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working.”—NPR's Fresh AirIn London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster—a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate—has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected?Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation . . . There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.

    15 in stock

    £15.26

  • The Secret Hours

    Soho Press Inc The Secret Hours

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  • The Secret Hours

    Soho Press The Secret Hours

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisA gripping spy thriller from the bestselling author of Slow Horses, about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin—an absolute must-read for Slough House fans. Set in the MI5 world of Slow Horses, now an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.Two years ago, a hostile prime minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating “historical over-reaching” by the British Secret Service. Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer—and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so.But MI5’s formidable First Desk did not become Britain’s top spy by accident, and she has successfully thwarted the inquiry at every turn. Now the administration that created Monochrome has been ousted, the investigation is a total bust—and Griselda and Malcolm are stuck watching as their career prospects are washed away by the pounding London rain.Until the eve of Monochrome’s shuttering, when an MI5 case file appears without explanation. It is the buried history of a classified operation in 1994 Berlin—an operation that ended in tragedy and scandal, whose cover-up has rewritten thirty years of Service history.The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron’s body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny. It is also the breathtaking secret history that Slough House fans have been waiting for.

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    £13.33

  • Down Cemetery Road Deluxe Edition

    Soho Press Down Cemetery Road Deluxe Edition

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrom the author of Slow Horses and soon to be an Original Series from Apple TV+ starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missing child unravels a murderous conspiracy. This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by Emma Thompson and discussion questions for book clubs.It'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 neighbors from rubbernecking than in searching for the missing child, Sarah becomes obsessed with finding her, and enlists the help of Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm. But Sarah's and Zoë's search reveals more secrets than answers. 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 CWA Diamond Dagger recipient Mick Herron's debut novel and the first book in the Zoë Boehm series.

    15 in stock

    £15.96

  • Postmortem: UEA Creative Writing Anthology Crime

    UEA Publishing Project Postmortem: UEA Creative Writing Anthology Crime

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    Book Synopsis'A snapshot of what the crime novel is doing now and a glimpse of the directions it might take in the future' - Mick Herron'Crime fiction demands a flexible, sceptical framework for its own increasingly rude health. The eleven writers in this third MA Crime Fiction Anthology understand this. Irrespective of subject, setting, theme or prose style, each uses the multitudes of the crime genre to embrace and reflect who we are and how we live now. Each understands and respects the genre, even as they dismantle its traditions' - Tom Benn'The creative writing workshop is an environment that is built upon freedom, but also support. It's almost too magical a place, too idyllic, too democratic, too truthful. But I don't believe in magic, any more than I believe in the muse. What has happened in this space, which is ever expanding, over the last couple of years, has been an outpouring of talent and determination, by eleven extraordinary writers' - Henry SuttonFeaturing work by: Laura Ashton • Judi Daykin • Antony Dunford • Jayne Farnworth • Natasha Hutcheson • Louise Mangos • Elizabeth Saccente • Matthew Smith • Karen Taylor • Wendy Turbin • Bridget Walsh

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    £9.49

  • Diogenes Verlag AG Slow Horses Ein Fall fr Jackson Lamb

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    £13.30

  • Diogenes Verlag AG Dead Lions

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  • Diogenes Verlag AG Real Tigers

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  • Diogenes Verlag AG Spook Street

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  • Diogenes Verlag AG London Rules

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  • Diogenes Verlag AG Joe Country

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  • Diogenes Verlag AG Slough House

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    £13.30

  • Diogenes Verlag AG Real Tigers Ein Fall fr Jackson Lamb

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    3 in stock

    £16.20

  • Diogenes Verlag AG Spook Street

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    2 in stock

    £16.20

  • Diogenes Verlag AG London Rules

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    £16.20

  • Diogenes Verlag AG Slough House

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    3 in stock

    £17.10

  • Caballos lentos Serie Jackson Lamb 1

    Salamandra Black Caballos lentos Serie Jackson Lamb 1

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    10 in stock

    £18.60

  • Tigres de verdad / Real Tigers

    Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Tigres de verdad / Real Tigers

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    £16.08

  • Thorndike Press Large Print The Secret Hours

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