Slough House

Resumen del libro

'Kill us? They've never needed to kill us,' said Lamb. 'I mean, look at us. What would be the point?'A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath.

What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for. Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried they've been pushed further into the cold.

Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew are feeling paranoid. But have they actually been targeted?With a new populist movement taking a grip on London's streets, and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to requirements.

The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass. But the slow horses aren't famed for making wise decisions

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Mick Herronx{0026}lt;/B nació en Newcastle upon Tyne, estudió en el Balliol College y reside en Oxford. Autor de reconocido prestigio en el género negro (finalista de los afamados premios Macavity, Barry y Shamus), entre su amplia producción destaca la aclamada serie sobre Jackson Lamb y sus caballos lentos , de la que ya han aparecido ocho novelas, se han vendido más de un millón de ejemplares, se halla en curso de traducción a más de veinte idiomas y se ha estrenado en televisión con Gary Oldman y Kristin Scott Thomas como protagonistas y con gran éxito de críticas y audiencia. Con x{0026}lt;I Caballos lentosx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2018), la primera entrega, fue finalista del Silver Dagger Award de la Crime Writers' Association, un logro que repitió con las siguientes, x{0026}lt;I Leones muertosx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2020), x{0026}lt;I Tigres de verdadx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2021), x{0026}lt;I La calle de los espíasx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2022), ganador del Ian Fleming Steel Dagger al mejor x{0026}lt;I thriller x{0026}lt;/I del año, y x{0026}lt;I Las reglas de Londresx{0026}lt;/I (Salamandra, 2023).x{0026}lt;/P