Praise for Slow Horses

Winner of the 2024 USC Scripter Awards for Best Episodic Series
Parade Magazine 110 Best Thrillers of All Time
Longlisted, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

“The best in a generation, by some estimations, and irrefutably the funniest.”
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

“I'll tell you what, to have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one's career; and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron's novels—the heir, in a way, to le Carré—is a terrific thing.”
—Gary Oldman

“Set in the Siberia of British intelligence, Mick Herron’s 2010 novel manages the rare feat of being comical, suspenseful and perceptive about the less-than-straight line that divides success and failure.”
—The New York Times

“Compulsively readable, tightly plotted.”
—Los Angeles Times

“Love Herron’s intricate plots and darkly funny narrative, blending espionage with character-driven drama . . . I recommend reading the books in order before watching the television adaption.”
—The Globe and Mail

“Intricate plotting, full of twists . . . Herron can certainly write a real spy story, with all the misdirection and sleight of hand that requires. But it’s the surly Slough House mood, the eccentric characters, and Herron’s very black, very dry sense of humor that made me read one after the other without a break.”
—Laura Miller, Slate.com

“It's just great fun.”
—NPR, Morning Edition

“[Herron's] cleverly plotted page-turners are driven by dialogue that bristles with one-liners. Much of the humor comes from Herron’s sharp eye for the way bureaucracies, whether corporate or clandestine, function and malfunction. The world of Slough House is closer to The Office than to 007.”
—The Associated Press

“A funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story . . . Memorably seedy characters, sharp dialogue, complex plot. I’m hooked.”
—The Guardian