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The Latest Breaking News from Mick Herron

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron and The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary.

The Independent UK

Author Mick Herron: ‘I’d have made an awful spy. I don’t have a smartphone or wifi’

As he publishes a new standalone novel, the spotlight-shunning author of the Slow Horses books talks about politics, time-travel and identity-swapping

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron review – secrets and spies

This companion piece to the Slough House series uncovers intrigue and corruption in the secret service, from 90s Berlin to the Cabinet office

The Guardian - UK

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The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

Richard Osman, Stephen King, Mick Herron and Ann Cleeves return with murder aplenty, espionage antics and terrible secrets in basements

The Guardian - UK

What to read this autumn: 2023’s biggest new books

Sara Pascoe’s new novel, rare Terry Pratchett, memoirs from Barbra Streisand and Britney Spears, plus the essential reading on today’s hot button topics – all the releases to look out for

The Guardian - UK

'Slow Horses' stars Gary Oldman and Saskia Reeves attempt to peel away the rough, sloppy layers of Jackson Lamb

In an upcoming episode of "Slow Horses," an MI5 agent working under Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden's River Cartwright, brings information to his boss, who's eating lunch by himself at an Asian restaurant.

Tribune News Service

Slow Horses season 2, Apple TV+ review: Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb is as gravy-stained as ever and we love it

The dog-eared spies of Mick Herron’s series are back with another case making a mess of their desks

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Best books for readers short on time, as recommended by Jennifer Down, Johann Hari, Tony Birch and more

We asked acclaimed writers, critics and book lovers to recommend great reads for the time-poor among us. They came back with thrilling page-turners, beloved classics and a few gems you've probably never heard of.

ABC News

Mick Herron wins crime novel of the year award for Slough House

Judges praised the author for combining ‘intrigue, peril and humour in a deft exploration of international espionage’

The Guardian - UK

Mick Herron: ‘I’m interested in incompetence, things going wrong’

The Slow Horses author on the ‘virtue of limitations’ and drawing life lessons from The Wind in the Willows

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'Bad Actors,' by Mick Herron

FICTION: The eighth novel in Mick Herron's entertaining Slough House series involves sleuths, Russians, lost souls and tyrants.

Tribune News Service

Mick Jagger on acting: ‘Jack Nicholson told me to start with a character’s sex life’

He stripped off in Performance, dragged up in Bent and wore a bucket on his head in Ned Kelly. As he lends his glorious voice to new spy thriller Slow Horses, the Rolling Stone relives his greatest roles

The Guardian - UK

Slow Horses review: A starry cast excels in the impressive adaptation of Mick Herron’s misfit spy saga

Espionage has never seemed less glamorous - but Apple TV+’s spy thriller is gripping stuff

Evening Standard

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