one of the things always on the mind of any reader of the series is whether all the characters will make it out alive. He was nobodys idea of an avenging knight. Hes ineffectual, arrogant and completely unaware of his failings. [9] The cast was rounded out in December 2020 with the additions of Olivia Cooke, Jonathan Pryce, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden. B. The team, acting on the orders of Taverner, shoots the man dead even though he was unarmed and surrendering, to prevent any . They never got any credit because all they did was unearth Di Taverner's plot, something that her boss, Ingrid Tierney, wanted brushed under the carpet. ps the casting in the series on screen is wonderful. It is always a joy when a new addition to Mick Herron's superb Slow Horses series makes an appearance, and believe me when I say this one lives up to all my high expectations, smart, razor sharp satire and comic humour, unparalleled in its ability to follow and echo the nightmare that is our contemporary British politics and Brexit. Which he is, but a thoroughly relatable one. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! Curly and River engage in a brief shootout, before he is knocked out by Hassan with a rock. River Cartwright 18 episodes, 2022-2023 Kristin Scott Thomas . First Slow Horse book, after reading quite a few chapters, i could not get Into. River cartwright is contacted by the kidnappers and sent into The Park to retrieve secret documents in exchange for her release. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. Better Call Saul ending What happened to Saul? As ever, Jackson Lamb heads the team. Herrons plot is packed with twists and delightfully sardonic conversations, and the books only major flaw is that at some point it ends and one must resume normal life.. Slough House is the one you want to find out about River. Slough House is his reward for taking care of Charles Partner for MI5. Not with either side. He now lives in Oxford and works in London. I was very disappointed in the ending of this novel. Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb? Still in disbelief.) Initially the series was to consist of two seasons, but two additional seasons have since been ordered. This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 13:55. What the Slow Horses did manage to do was foil Di Taverner's plan to mop up her mess by executing the remaining kidnapper. The story, in the early days of, This week sees the release of Trouble, the third book in the Hella Mauzer series by Katja Ivar. I also really wanted to see Rivers mum make an appearance and will feel cheated if its just at his funeral. Lamb, already aware of this, had notified David Cartwright that he was another potential target due to his complicity in Partner's death. Peter Judd, now home secretary, has plans to use the situation for his own ends, but his Tiger Team have motives of their own which dont necessarily ally with Judds. Regents Park has lost three cold bodies identities or legends in the trade worked up by the civil service from birth to provide rock-solid cover cover for a Joe in the field. Wannabe free spirit. Curly forces Larry and Hassan to a secluded woodland at gunpoint to carry out the beheading. Thus compromised, Lady Di is forced to go on the run, and has to reach out to the one person she would least like to ask for help Jackson Lamb. He's a serious young man, and of all the slow horses the most upset at his demotion. With a seasoned spy for a grandfather, his star in MI5 was expected to ascend into the stratosphere. [3] Each season has been based on an individual book in the Slough House series. All we know about her on the show is that she's lonely and misses being part of a team. Lamb suggests that Krymov lied about Pashkin being Nevskys representative, with the younger Russian likely being his competitor. The devils in this case are Peter Judd, a thinly veiled Boris Johnson, and young, wealthy new tech and online Channel Go media owner, Damien Cantor, looking to outwit and own Diana, who frankly admits to the corpulent and flatulent Jackson Lamb that she has made an error. Joe Country was particularly bloody for some of them. And will Herron reveal this fact early in the book or leave us hanging throughout? Who is the new Head Dog? Standish begins having flashbacks to the death of a former colleague of hers and Lamb's, Charles Partner. And not just one cliff either; each thread I wanted wrapped up just stops. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Salisbury Novichok poisonings, Russian secret service interference on British soil, has not gone down well in political or intelligence circles, so much so that First Desk arch-manipulator Diana Taverner loses touch with her better instincts as she seeks revenge, making a deal with the devil that results in the Kazan episode. [10] In July 2021, filming continued in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Im also worried about one or more Slow Horses dying in the next installment (my fingers are crossed so hard that it wont be River), but Louisas mourning Min/her continued engagement with his family gives me hope that even if we lose another Slow Horse or two, theyll be remembered. He is the author of six books in the Slough House series as well as a mystery series set in Oxford featuring Sarah Tucker and/or P.I. River bribes a taxi driver in Stroud, who reveals he drove Chernitsky to an airfield and flying club in Upshott, but was instructed to lie about it and call a number should people come looking. Jackson Lamb wasnt demoted to Slough House he was given the post, at his request, after Charles Partner died. This series is perfect for those that want their humor dark and smart. Lamb really is an appalling character and I can easily understand those who don't like him but he is bloody funny too! Taverner confronts Judd at his home, revealing that calls he made to his far-right contacts after Hobden visited resulted in the mission being compromised and Black's death. The book ends with what was for me, a truly devastating development and even though you know what no one in Slough House is safe, I wasnt expecting it to hit that character. [17], The second season also received critical acclaim. Taverner calls Standish several times to flip her allegiance, alleging that Lamb was involved with Charles Partner's death, but she remains loyal to him when he comes to extract her. She claims to have an operative embedded with the Sons of Albion who organised the kidnapping, but will also facilitate the rescue. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew are feeling paranoid. Spook secrets were dangerous to friends and foes alike, and the old man had made plenty of both down the years. Larry arrives at a seaport in Harwich, but is shot dead by "The Dogs" on the orders of Tierney, who plant a weapon on his corpse to justify the killing. Mick Herron has done it again. Sparrows ambition doesnt end there though. The central conceit of the books is that MI5, like any large organisation, needs somewhere to place its most hopeless employees, and this place is Slough House, a building just around the corner from the Barbican Centre. More interesting is the introduction of Desmond Flint and his Yellow Vest movement and the way that Judd is latching onto them. Theyve never needed to kill us, said Lamb. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. The Strays stars explain Netflix thriller's finale, Alice in Borderland season 2 ending explained. We soon discover that Lamb is playing a deception game and that River has instead brought the O.B. Shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards including The CWA Steel and Gold Daggers, and The Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon, Claire Harper calls Slough House for help after her teenage son, Lucas, goes missing. A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelanone-time head of MI5's Regent's Parkis tasked with tracking her down. They had their own neo-Nazi reasons for doing this but it turned out that the plot was initiated by MI5 Second Desk "Lady" Di Taverner (Kristin Scott-Thomas) as a false-flag operation to earn her Brownie points in her boss' absence. He is due to be accompanied by Nick Duffy, leader of 'The Dogs', for added security, but demands Taverner join him instead. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Baker seemed the most competent of the gang because she was: she eventually revealed to River that Taverner had posted her to Slough House to keep an eye on him. Lamb instead leaves Katinsky with one bullet left in his revolver, and Katinsky kills himself. Her sometimes ally or enemy depending on which way the wind is blowing is Peter Judd, Tory politician and grandee. Curly prepares to kill Hassan outside what he believes is a Norman castle, which Ahmed points out is actually a folly. Skripal and his daughter were badly poisoned, but eventually recovered. River Cartwright is a main character played by Jack Lowden in in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+ 's Slow Horses . River was there ostensibly because he messed up a training exercise at Stansted Airport that killed 149 hypothetical people. His description of the man Popov was speaking to, Andrei Chernitsky, matches Boughs killer. She clawed her way to the top but was David Cartwrights choice to be the perpetual number two the smarter move? Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried theyve been pushed further into the cold. Lamb and his team flee the property before "The Dogs" arrive, knowing that since the operation has not gone to plan that Slough House will be blamed. So hed broken Ashleys arm and sent her back to Taverner, whose acid response was, You broke her, you own her. Back to Slough House she went. Slough House has been compromised, and now a new team of killers is in the UK. My reason for four stars is the "blankety blank" cliffhanger ending. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. But they have they actually been targeted? This, like Real Tigers, is one of the more action-packed adventures in the series, and one where several earlier plot lines are resolved to move the bigger story forwards. So they all get to stay put at Slough House, no prizes, no pats on the back, just a dismal career under Jackson Lamb's nicotine-stained thumb. She is the sensible mother figure of the group. Another semi-c0mpetent agent, Louisa is a little more able than most of Slough House's denizens. Life in Slough House is defined by drudgery. Catherine Standish is a middle-aged recovering alcoholic whose misfortune it was to be the personal assistant to a traitor. I'm *beyond excited* to have received an ARC from those lovely people at John Murray (thank you!) It still rankled, his fall from grace, and why shouldnt he take some matter of revenge? Thats not to say there isnt heartbreak. Will we ever see WW Henderson return to his Aldergate building? I am currently well into Bad Actors desperate to know if certain casualties from this book survived, and even hoping for a tiny spoiler so as to prepare myself for the worst, if that is to be the outcome. Spook Street is one of the darker novels and what little comic relief there is, is provided by Roddy Ho getting a girlfriend, a plot thread which is pulled in the follow up novel, London Rules. In fact, listening to this has made me even more curious to see the tv series. Sid Baker - One of the most shocking reveals in Slow Horses was the fate of Sid Baker who a fellow agent sent to spy on Slough House but who River slowly got to know throughout the course of the book. Drama, sadness, playfulness and great humour. However, she is soon reminded there is no such thing as a free lunch and we observe that there are no limits to Judds ambition. But there may be a flavor of wicked humor remaining in what one does afterwardalong with great satisfaction at what Lamb and the Slow Horses pull out of their grubby, out-of-fashion hats. River Cartwright, is away in Kent, mourning the death of the OB, short for the Old Bastard who was Cartwrights grandfather, surrogate father and was a service legend. Meanwhile, River comes closer to answering his most burning question: who engineered his transfer to Slough House?Buy now on Amazon, Without Lambs knowledge, Louisa Guy and Min Harper are seconded by The Park on a baby sitting job. He claimed he was kidnapped and tortured by Popov, who force-fed him brandy, but wasnt believed, and was fired. [12][10], In June 2022, ahead of the second season premiere, the series was renewed for third and fourth seasons, which will be based on the next novels in the series, Real Tigers and Spook Street. The title track "Strange Game" was performed by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, who wrote the song exclusively for the show[15] together with the shows composer Daniel Pemberton. He used to break down doors and carry a gun before his gambling problems compromised him. Required fields are marked *. Theyre looking to pick off the slow horses one by one.Buy now on Amazon, Bad Actors takes a look at Brexit and the government advisor who engineered it. Because I already know that lurking inside is an intricate plot wrapped around plenty of wit & humour. He deduces Katinsky is the spymaster behind the Cicada program (passing himself off as a junior bureaucrat when defecting to avoid suspicion) and was the handler of a traitor in the service. River Cartwright, is away in Kent, mourning the death of the OB, short for the Old Bastard who was Cartwright's grandfather, surrogate father and was a service legend. He is never without a drink or a smoke, even when the team goes dark, and remains as rude and offensive as ever. For there has been foreign agents spreading havoc, not least poisoning civilians, in a way that actually happened. Just get ready for a jaw-dropping development at the start - and a poignant ending. At the head of this seeming hodgepodge of debris stands the Falstaffian Jackson Lamb. Molly Dornan is there waiting to extract her pound of flesh from Jackson Lamb for an earlier favor. Given what Reeses boyfriend was doing, theres clearly some potential for him to pop up in future books and if so, I would like to have him get more to do than being the butt of the joke. love this series- absolutely brilliant. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10, based on 55 critic reviews. Standish speaks with Victor Krymov, the intermediary who set up the meet between Paskhin and Webb. What is known about Cartwright's death and what the two cases have in common. This novel is a series highlight for me, and went on to win the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award as well as being shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, The British Book Awards and The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon, A North Korean hit squad is conducting a terror operation on British soil, and one particular fly in the ointment is that the plan they are working to is one of the Parks own. He rules his group with invective, coarseness and vituperation yet is protective as a mother hen when they are threatened. Slough House is the seventh book in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series by award-winning British author, Mick Herron. Realizing he has been outmaneuvered, Katinsky goads Lamb to kill him. Slow Horses, based on the first of Mick Herron's Slough House novels, follows the fortunes of a bunch of Security Service exiles under Gary Oldman's grotesquely seedy, unsupportive leader Jackson Lamb, as they attempt to untangle an ongoing act of domestic terrorism. Im hopeful well get some closure on that dangling Sid plot line. Sid, alive but in critical condition, is taken to hospital by MI5 security operatives who detain Cartwright. Against a background of Brexit, Novichok poisonings and Yellow Vest protests, the remaining slow horses are dealing with the recent violent loss of two associates. Herrons plot is packed with twists and delightfully sardonic conversations, and the books only major flaw is that at some point it ends and one must resume normal life. So, what connects the oligarch with an old rumour of Russian sleeper agents? I also think that Louisa has really stepped up to be MVP in terms of spy ability so it would be good to see her continue to move front and centre, especially as there will doubtless be some kind of additional call back to those diamonds and her affair with Min. Herron does leave open the potential of a rescue (and I am really anxious to get the next book so that I can see how it plays out) but on past form, I cant say that Im hopeful. David Walmsley as Larry, a member of the Sons of Albion. Before we discuss the books in more detail, lets have a look at some of the main characters. Plus he was the normal one. Cartwright, having copied the contents of Hobden's USB drive before delivering it to Regent's Park, realises it contains no information and manipulates a rival, James 'Spider' Webb, into confirming the same. Right from the first book, Herron shows hes not afraid to kill off his creations and some of those deaths hit very hard indeed. He was raised by his grandfather, David, a service legend, and grew up hearing stories of his time in the service. Is River really dead? Forming a protective ring around him, they stopped chief dog Nick Duffy from shooting him from a helicopter. Since the first book came out back in 2010, Mick Herron's Slough House series has been a favourite among fans of spy novels. Diana Taverner finds herself making some bad decisions in this novel; not the least her involvement with Peter Judd, who bears more than a little resemblance to our current Prime Minister. Desperate Measures reaches nailbiting conclusion. River speaks with his grandfather about Bough's death. Warning - Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! But I think hes got too old and too thin. White T," complains our hero, River Cartwright, played by Jack Lowden, to his co-working nemesis, "Spider" Webb, played by Freddie Fox. Min wasnt killed by her car, and she was not driving. $380-932/person per day, plus sea transport from Cartwright $200-400/person (return). Cokehead Shirley Danders been send to a sanitarium to dry out; narcissist Roddy Ho is creating avatar girlfriends for himself as a distraction; River Cartwright, the most potentially sane of the Slough House discards, isnt even around, presumed dead or permanently missing. But it was Hassan who turned the goons against each other reducing their numbers to one and Hassan who finally knocked his captor out with a well-thrown rock. There are hysterical episodes, ridiculous circumstances hard to accept and poignant moments for good measure. The group have links to a disgraced journalist that Slough House have been investigating. Soon dominoes are tumbling in various directions, only Lamb really knows their triggers, and as a savior of anyone or anything, Lambs even less likely than Claude Whelan. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! With a new populist movement taking a grip on Londons streets, and the old order ensuring that everythings for sale to the highest bider, the worlds an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to requirements. EXCERPT: The study remained like a showroom in a vacant property - books, chairs, curtains; the shelf with its odd collection of trophies: a glass globe, a hunk of concrete, a lump of metal that had been a Luger; the desk with its sheet of blotting paper, like something out of Dickens, and the letter opener, which was an actual stiletto, and had once belonged to Beria - and if David Cartwright had left secrets in his wake they'd be somewhere in that room, on those shelves, among a billion other words. Herron makes all his slow horses vivid, from egomaniacal tech whiz Roddy Ho who everyone hates to idealistic River Cartwright, whose granddad was a legendary spook, to proper Catherine . The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass. Dead Lions - which went on to win the highly coveted Gold Dagger award for best novel of the year from the Crime Writers . However, during a scouting mission, when the two are stalking a right-wing journalist called Robert Hobden, Sid is shot by an unseen intruder. Several other members of the team think that it may have happened to them too, though their incompetence makes it difficult to be sure. It has been a while since I read one but watching the first series on TV reminded me just how good these books are (and I do prefer them as books). Lamb and Taverner will have to work together to maintain MI5s independence, but can they put their history of betrayal and revenge behind them? Louisa and Longridge pursue and kill Pashkin when he attempts to escape the Glasshouse, having betrayed and killed Piotr to steal an extra stash of diamonds along the way. Not that Mick Herron pays the slightest attention to what his fans want, but I for one would love to see the return of Sid, and would welcome possible Sid-River interactions, but I guess thats not in the cards. There is a lot going on in this book with two main plot lines why Slough House has been deleted from the Services records and the fallout from Lady Dis decision to sock it to Russias GRU. (SH) Cartwright, Isobel - River's mother. How is River handling patricide? Set in 1950s Finland, during the Cold War, the books tell the story of a young police woman and budding detective who cuts against the grain when, John Fullertons powerful 1996 debut The Monkey House was set in war-torn Sarajevo and was right in the moment. All Rights Reserved. Everyone enjoys an underdog story of course, but on top of that, the novels are about friendships forged from the common bond of disappointment but tested in life-and-death situations. On the other hand, having waited so bloody long to find out what happened to Sid and have her come back I would be pissed off if the two couldnt resume a friendship just to see where it goes. The show begins with young MI5 agent River Cartwright amidst a terror-threat situation at the Stansted airport, where he has to follow an Asian male in his 20s and apprehend him before he sets off a fatal explosion. River Cartwright was sent to Slough House after a training exercise left King's Cross crashed. While she obsesses on punishing Lamb, the team is actually in crisis mode. However, one of the business men behind the deal, looking to make contacts in Russia, passes on sensitive information to the GRU who are looking to escalate matters. Joe Country is a triumph and, in my opinion, the series highlight so far. Where to start with Roddy? Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. Get ready for some book spoilers that may affect future seasons of Slow Horses. 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