Spook Street: Slough House Thriller 4

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What happens when a high-level spy starts showing signs of dementia? If he's unable to keep old secrets, will someone take care of him for good? Over at Regent's Park, Diana Taverner is also running into difficulties. Accomplishing her goals for the Service might require a deal with the devil. All espionage aficionados are—or soon will be—reading Herron. But it’s high time, too, that readers of literary fiction embrace him in the way they have John le Carré.”

Herron's short stories have been regularly published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and some are collected in the book, All the Livelong Day, published in 2013. Terrific . . .it’s a real pleasure to watch the super-smart if damaged Slough House agents rising to the occasion.” Herron] does it all with a darkly deadpan humor that is as scathingly funny as it is irreverent. There’s no let up, no let down, it’s one hell of a tale told masterfully.” If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers". Spectator.co.uk . Retrieved 18 December 2016.Spook Street is thoroughly gripping espionage, focused on intelligent plotting over action for its own sake—think le Carré, but with a heartier dash of dry humor.” What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many secrets but don’t remember they’re secret? Or does someone take care of the senile spy for good?

Aged spy Dieter Hess is dead, and his death has revealed he had a secret second bank account. His MI5 handler, John Bachelor, will have to figure out whether he was a double agent – and whether his secrets remained safe. I let others do the spade work.” He glanced at Marcus. “Just a phrase. Let’s not involve the thought police.” The Slough House books follow a group of MI5 spies who've been relegated to a shabby, dead-end office because they've each made some kind of serious, career-ending mistake. They've been written off as useless, but the truth is that many are much more competent than their assignment might suggest. Truss stepped up to the lectern and resigned, becoming the shortest-lived Prime Minister in British history. “Supermarket salad is crowned winner,” the Guardian reported later that day. Herron stood up, sighed, and turned off the set.When former spook Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope passing between hands in a Marylebone cafe, he knows he's witnessed something important. When he relays those suspicions to a man who babysits retired spies, however, he sets off a chain of life-changing events. Unfortunately, having secrets can be a very bad thing, even if you're that far down the spy ladder. I’ve gotten some angry letters from people who accused me of having disdain for Trump,” Herron said. “I think that’s a misreading. I was going for contempt.” It's all sheer fun. Herron is spy fiction's great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose * The Times *

Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger". Books+Publishing. 14 August 2020 . Retrieved 16 August 2020. Once, someone collapsed while I was giving a reading,” Herron offered. “Or, no, that happened twice.” Fainted. “Or maybe he was asleep?” No one had died, though. Spook Street is written with a wry, sardonic wit that will make you laugh out loud as you are taken on a gripping thrill ride * Daily Express * I’m a radical feminist, as you know,” Lamb might have said, stubbing out his cigarette. “But the hot flashes always get these old girls in the end.”Snappy dialog, crafty twists . . .I’ve enjoyed each of the books in this series and always find them hard to put down.”

In 2003, Heron published his first novel, Down Cemetery Road. It was the first volume in a four-book series about Zoë Boehm, an Oxford private detective. [4] Sheer fun. Herron is spy fiction’s great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose.”

Bad things are happening at Slough House. Catherine Standish is drinking again, Louisa Guy is struggling with lost love, and a new recruit is determined to find out who destroyed his career, no matter what the cost. A superb thriller . . . Herron may be the most literate, and slyest, thriller writer in English today.”