I finished reading the entire Slough House series, novellas included and wonder what I should read next. I previously read Le Carre’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and found it way too grim. My experience with spy fiction is limited aside from that. I seem to like the sweet and sour combination of grim and funny generally, like Laundry Files which is a bit more grim, or Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency which is a bit more funny. #bookstodon #SloughHouse #SpyFiction
Len Deighton revolutionized spy fiction with his unnamed, working-class anti-heroes whose cynical realism and bureaucratic worlds offered a sharp contrast to glamorous spies, leaving a lasting mark on the genre. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/24/world/len-deighton-dies-aged-97/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #lendeighton #authors #literature #movies #harrypalmer #michaelcaine #sloughhouse #slowhorses #ianfleming #johnlecarre #jamesbond #georgesmiley #bernardsamson
Six decades ago, Len Deighton created a man for our times

Unlike Ian Fleming and John le Carre, creators of James Bond and George Smiley, respectively, Deighton never worked for the British intelligence service.

The Japan Times

Schaue gerade #SlowHorses auf AppleTV.
Stelle mir vor, wie ein deutsches Remake aussähe.

Dann merke ich … Ach das geht nicht, weil beim BfV eine Entsprechung zum „Regent‘s Park“ fehlt und nur #SloughHouse da ist. 🤷

#Verfaschungsschutz

Just finished reading the new Slough House book by Mick Herron - Clown Town.

Not as good as some of the others in the series. I got the feeling that Herron may be getting tired. Yes, it does have the usual characters and Lamb seems to be more obnoxious that usual.

https://www.hachette.co.nz/book/?id=clown-town-9781399800457

#Books #Reading #SloughHouse #MickHerron

Clown Town

The new thriller in the bestselling series that inspired the hit show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 9)

Who was it that said "You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth"...?
-- Jackson Lamb

#sloughHouse #slowHorses #jacksonLamb

“River said he was worried about him.”
“Been confiding in you, has he, young Double-Oh Three-and-a-Half?”
-- Louisa Guy and Jackson Lamb "Spook Street"

#sloughHouse #slowHorses #spookStreet #mickHerron

Some windy rain bands moving through....good reading weather...enjoying Mick Herron's "London Rules" Slough House novel. 🌧️ 📖
#RainyWeather
#MickHerron
#LondonRules
#SloughHouse
#SlowHorses

For those who love Slow Horses, and also the Slough House series, while the latest season of the former is rollling out, apparently a new book in the latter just dropped! At least, the audiobook is a month old, so ...

#SlowHorses #SloughHouse

Trying to get through the fourth Slough House novel by Mick Herron so I'll be all caught reading-wise in time for Slow Horses Season 5 (London Rules) starting tomorrow night! His books are soooo good!
#MickHerron
#SloughHouse
#SlowHorses