Read the book and then laugh at my incorrect guesses! Lamb, Cartwright, Min and Louisa, with assistance from Roddy, are able to track them to the same location. Will we ever see WW Henderson return to his Aldergate building? 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 . In this case, it's learning the truth to a story Dornan has found in her precious archives. Reviewing and collecting spy fiction and nonfiction. Its not universally true no-one likes the character Roddy Ho, for example but River Cartwright and Catherine Standish form a bond, as do Louisa Guy and Min Harper, and Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge. Meanwhile Diana Lady Di Taverner has decided to strike back at Russian secret services on their home soil in retaliation for the Novichok poisoning attack in Salisbury. [17], The second season also received critical acclaim. [9] The cast was rounded out in December 2020 with the additions of Olivia Cooke, Jonathan Pryce, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden. River discovers the bomb left at the airfield and realizes the attack was a hoax, calling Taverner to have the Code September retracted. The seventh entry to the Slough House series is as thrilling and bleeding-edge relevant as ever. Also interesting in this context are the continued allusions to Lambs poor health, which seems to be worsening, and does not bode well for future books, although we also see more of Lambs ruthless side here as well as his loyalty to his joes and to those who help his joes (one scene at the end where a side character who said something revolting to Molly gets his dues is particularly satisfying). Former field agent Richard Bough, aka Dickie Bow, recognizes a man who tortured him during the Cold War, follows him, and dies on a rail replacement bus of an apparent heart attack. Theyre still getting paid but no longer formally exist and things get more sinister when Louisa Guy discovers that someone from the Service is trailing her and the other slow horses find that they are also being followed. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew are feeling paranoid. I mean, look at us. What didn't become clear till later was that Webb had misled Cartwright on Di Taverner's instructions in order to discredit him, because River had previously tailed Taverner on his own initiative and seen her talking with Black. However, Larry frees Ahmed and attacks Curly with an axe, but flees which enables an injured Curly to recapture Hassan. The group have links to a disgraced journalist that Slough House have been investigating. 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. Sadly it wasn't enough to prevent her from being shot by her colleague Jed Moody, who she interrupted when he was trying to clean up Taverner's operation. He never gifts them glory, barely grants them a tolerable existence and never hesitates to kill one or two of them off if the plot requires it. 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. Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. Hes ineffectual, arrogant and completely unaware of his failings. that ex-spy Claude Whelan, a tool in use by Taverner, is muddying all possible waters with a notion of payback on Lamb, and hes more effective than young Ashley: Where did Whelans loyalties lie? It is revealed that Moe (real name Alan Black) was Taverner's mole, but was found out and murdered by Curly, who then fled with Zeppo, Larry and Hassan. 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. Lamb, already aware of this, had notified David Cartwright that he was another potential target due to his complicity in Partner's death. Here, Herron introduces a new slow horse, Ashley Khan, and further develops his subplot of Russian interference in the British establishment.Buy now on Amazon. 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. And true, Min and Louisa managed to follow that van Until they ran out of petrol because Min was hungry and thinking about sex instead of filling up the tank. 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. Although River hated him, I would still imagine him being dead might be something to work through psychologically. 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. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. Jackson Lamb investigates, finding Bough's hidden phone under the seat with the message cicada, and gets the team to look deeper. Louisa Guy, another member of the team who has been there from the beginning, is probably the safest pair of hands at Slough House. Lamb instead leaves Katinsky with one bullet left in his revolver, and Katinsky kills himself. So he gave Partner the gun to protect himself. Bu the slow horses arent famed for making wise decisions. 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. Since Dead Lions, Herron has setup an every other book dynamic of killing off slow horses. 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. How is River handling patricide? Someone more like Warren Clarke or Sidney Greenstreet is more in keeping with how he is portrayed. 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. The end of Joe Country saw Rivers father/nemesis Frank Harkness dead. The gun threat is a joke, and Piotr invites Min to drink vodka with him and Kyril. The subject matter allows for some sophisticated satire and some notable current politicians are lampooned pseudonymously. Red Rose ending explained What is Red Rose? Nobody Walks is even set in the same espionage world as a retired spy digs in to his sons mysterious death. The significance of her connection to Black wasn't obvious to him, of course, because he didn't know Black from any other random thug, but she knew that the connection was something she needed to bury. 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. Still with much unfinished business and exiled to the hinterlands of Slough House, the very well-connected River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) received some seasoned advice from his Jonathan Pryce. Tamsin Topolski as Kelly Tropper, a pub barmaid in Upshott and the daughter of Alex and Duncan. In the aftermath, a dead body in the elder Cartwright's home is identified by Jackson Lamb as being that of River Cartwright. Standish begins having flashbacks to the death of a former colleague of hers and Lamb's, Charles Partner. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. River is tempted to reveal that it's really very obviously because he's "an insufferable prick". 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. Dead Lions: When River Cartwright screwed up, he was sent to the Slough House. I love this series, but it does require starting at the beginning. She claims to have an operative embedded with the Sons of Albion who organised the kidnapping, but will also facilitate the rescue. At the same time, Lamb is out in Oxford looking into the suspicious death of a retired agent. Theyve never needed to kill us, said Lamb. "[18] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Louisa Guy goes to Pembrokeshire to find him; after all she had been in a relationship with Min, another slow horse and Lucas father. Slough House is the one you want to find out about River. It brings to a close several series plots and leads to at last one emotional farewell to a series character. Herron builds his characters and reveals more about them perhaps as the series unfolds. Chernitsky ambushes Ho on the train and escapes after an altercation with Dander. River Cartwright, who is also ambitious but doesn't get the same favor from their grumpy boss, is often jealous of the fact that Sid gets (relatively) more glamorous assignments than him. Lamb informs her there is a bomb in the car he returned, which allows Cartwright to sneak in whilst Duffy's security team investigates. So much of the story is the thoughts of the characters and I wonder how that will be conveyed. Lamb meets with Taverner and discusses Katinsky's story, and convinces her to fund a fake ID and cover package for River, who he then meets and instructs to investigate the airfield, and its owner Duncan Tropper, further. It also lays the ground for the events of Joe Country, and at the same time introduces a series villain, ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness. I dont think John Bachelor survived the last sentence of The Catch, did he? Can't praise enough the writing and the way Mr Herron has with words. He claimed he was kidnapped and tortured by Popov, who force-fed him brandy, but wasnt believed, and was fired. Roddy Ho, Shirley Dander and Lech Wicinski round out the team. Danders character arc, for example, can only really be seen through the prism of her developing friendship with Longridge. Forming a protective ring around him, they stopped chief dog Nick Duffy from shooting him from a helicopter. 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. Being a non-native speaker, reading this series is more than a pleasure, it's an invaluable treasure chest with the modern English, seasoned with wit, sarcasm and Englishness. As ever, Jackson Lamb heads the team. Catherine Standish is a middle-aged recovering alcoholic whose misfortune it was to be the personal assistant to a traitor. Slough House is the seventh book in the brilliantly unique Slow Horses British spy thriller series - soon to be seen on TV in a star-studded adaptation. The rest of the team reconvene, and River recalls he took a photo of Taverner covertly meeting with Alan Black whilst carrying out surveillance training. Frank Harkness, renegade ex-CIA spook, has been brought in to clean up, triggering a confrontation with River at David Cartwrights funeral. Probably all that really need be said about Slough House is that its well up to the standard of the rest of this brilliant series. His description of the man Popov was speaking to, Andrei Chernitsky, matches Boughs killer. Who is the new Head Dog? Meanwhile, Claude Whelan, current First Desk, is caught between a weak PM and a populist MP flushed from a successful Brexit referendum. [11] It was originally intended to film earlier in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. Their boss, Jackson Lamb is still keeping his team busy with pointless and unproductive assignments: following up social media absconders (#gonequiet), failures to pay fines or potential safe-houses for non-friendlies. River Cartwright, the protagonist of the novel, was going places. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! When I receive the latest in this series, there is zero chance its going to sit there patiently waiting its turn. This one seemed like the best so far, but maybe it was the wait for it to come out, or just that I'm getting to know the characters better. This season is based on the second of the best-selling Slough House novels by Mick Herron, Dead Lions, and once again stars the dynamic duo of Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden as Jackson Lamb and River . 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. Still, I am broken-hearted and may not be able to finish Bad Actors. Required fields are marked *. Also see Mick Herrons standalone novels, Nobody Walks and This Is What Happened? She clawed her way to the top but was David Cartwrights choice to be the perpetual number two the smarter move? Well, that would be another book spoiler that could affect future seasons, so LOOK AWAY NOW. 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. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.4/10, based on 25 critic reviews. love this series- absolutely brilliant. And true, River even tracked the remaining thug to a remote folly and had a real-life James Bond gunfight with him. For me the perfect Jackson Lamb would be Timothy Spall. Hassan's kidnappers, Moe, Larry, Curly and Zeppo, hold him hostage in a London terrace basement, with it transpiring that Simmonds is behind the kidnapping. Warning - Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! It turns out that the British term bad actor means a person whos done things that are harmful, illegal, or immoral. 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. Since Ashley is as paranoid as any other spy, and clueless as well, shes baffled by the interactions around her in Slough House. Slough House is the seventh book in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series by award-winning British author, Mick Herron. (SH) Cartwright, River - Young, white, fair hair, grey eyes and a mole on his upper lip. What would be the point?. Roddy Ho is the computer whiz, uber-geek and the butt of everyones jokes, not just Lambs. Now, like his fellow slow horses, he keeps looking for new ways to revive his career. That means Slough House would normally be a safe book for the characters. I agree. River is then instructed to deliver it to the service's Regent's Park Headquarters, much to his surprise. Zo Boehm. Lucas had seen something he shouldnt have whilst working a holiday job and his attempt at exploiting the situation is having profound consequences. Lamb executed him to protect MI5, and was given Slough House as a reward. 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. (SH) Cartwright, Isobel - River's mother. Kill us? 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. English crime author Mick Herron didnt begin his writing career with the Slough House series, but theres no doubt these novels represent his most successful work. Ambitious, backslapping government toff Peter Judd (Samuel West), aka 'PJ', is definitely not supposed to be identified with any Boris Johnsons who may or may not have been Foreign Secretary at the time Slow Horses was written. And not just one cliff either; each thread I wanted wrapped up just stops. Will Devon Welles get a promotion or will we see a new character take the job? They may be (they are) all failures, but still, they are his, and he doesnt allow anyone to mess with them (much). Constant budget constraints have left the Park unable to respond to Russian provocation. For there has been foreign agents spreading havoc, not least poisoning civilians, in a way that actually happened. Ho traces the number, which places the phone in Estonia. She thinks that there are two people trying to kill her and River doesnt know if its a real threat or something caused by the gunshot wound to the head that she took at the end of SLOW HORSES. There is a sense of pieces being moved ready for further developments, most notably in the change in dynamic between Judd and Lady Di, and its not clear what the return of Sid will mean long term but the devastating ending and the question it leaves means I am very keen to read the next book. Ah yes, and that I am doing, but unfortunately not enough e-copies at the library, so have ended up in the most recent book (Bad Actors). So it's "the f**king wilderness" for him. 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.. Has Louisa finally been able to put her past with Min behind her? *Puts feet up on desk, lights ciggie, farts*. She used to assist Charles Partner, who was First Desk at Regents Park until his suicide something its rumoured Lamb might have had a hand in arranging. - The most shocking thing coming out of Slough House was the poisoning and apparent death of River Cartwright in the final moments of the novel. Which he is, but a thoroughly relatable one. Haunted office manager Catherine is seen attending AA meetings and is regularly taunted by Lamb about alcohol. B. These stories about a disparate group of underdogs coming together to beat the odds (and beat The Man) have struck a chord with readers. Joe Country was particularly bloody for some of them. 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. And we need time to explore that. Unlike the rest of the team, the reason for Lambs demotion to Slough House is never revealed. Catherine Standish is Lambs assistant, and a recovering alcoholic. She was in comms at The Park before she laid out a co-worker, and also has addiction issues. Get ready for some book spoilers that may affect future seasons of Slow Horses. Blue shirt. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2021 Crime Fiction Lover. In fact, listening to this has made me even more curious to see the tv series. He tells River that in East Berlin Bough went AWOL and was assumed to have defected, but returned drunk. But hes also brilliant, and much sharper, it turns out, than Diana Taverner herself. 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. The mortality rate for Head Dog is nearly as bad as being a slow horse. I dunno. Taverner is dealing with intelligence and now Home Secretary Peter Judd MP regarding a large upcoming anti-capitalist protest in London. Is River really dead? These are remarkably politically incorrect, but work because of Lambs unbreakable loyalty to his misfit crew. He tried to leverage his former acquaintance with Judd into calling off the kidnapping because Judd, it turns out, has a secret, extremist past and connections to the Sons of Albion's financial backer. We left her severely injured and MIA until a shocking phone call at the end of Spook . As I did before the release of Slough House, I look at some of the burning questions ahead of the next book. On that subject. 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. On a recent assignment, Lamb caught her following one of his spies. B. With Bad Actors just a few short days away, Im ponder what we might see. I was very disappointed in the ending of this novel. Unfortunately for Black, one of the racist loons, Curly (Brian Vernel), rumbled him and decided to go through with the decapitation plan for real, beginning with the undercover agent himself. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. The only slight nagging doubt is whether it will maintain the sky high quality standards. And this series is one of my favorites. Fans will scour Bad Actors for news of River Cartwright, . Alongside that are running gags, observational humour and the vulgar insults Jackson Lamb regularly spits at his team. 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. Those consigned there are known as "Slow Horses". Your email address will not be published. He could see one of either breed breaking a lock, finessing a window; could see them working round the study, looking for clues. Now that the O. Cokehead Shirley Dander's 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, isn't even around, presumed dead or permanently missing. [3] It has received critical acclaim. River didn't know if he really believed that, but he knew for sure that he didn't know he didn't, and if River thought that way others might too, and act upon the possibility. But if you've read any others, and liked them, you'll like this one. Skripal and his daughter were badly poisoned, but eventually recovered. Cant think of any current heavy actors. Not with either side. Newcomer Marcus Longridge replaces Min on the Pashkin assignment, and confesses to Louisa he has a gambling addiction. River Cartwright is a main character played by Jack Lowden in in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+ 's Slow Horses . As the slow horses try to work out whats going on, they find themselves caught up in events outside their control and in the cross hairs of a ruthless enemy who doesnt care about collateral damage . Herrons Slough House is a discard group for MI5 spies whove messed up and now get tedious assignments sorting through social media or phone books or worse. ps the casting in the series on screen is wonderful. A handful of engaging spy thrillers followed before the author paused his novels to focus on journalism, although its also worth noting that he has freelanced. 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Lamb discovers Katinskys involvement as a triple agent; he agreed to assist the Russians and distract Lamb in exchange for facing no repercussions for his defection decades earlier. This series is perfect for those that want their humor dark and smart. They are expected to endure dull, paper-pushing tasks, along with occasional mental abuse from their miserable boss, Jackson Lamb, who expects them to quit out of boredom or frustration. So it seems clear that she got exiled to Slough House for a drunken mistake. All we know about her on the show is that she's lonely and misses being part of a team. . Jackson Lamb is the head of Slough House and a former Joe, or field agent in Slough House slang. I particularly liked one scene between Lamb and Lady Di that showed the frustration she feels towards him but also the grudging respect she also has for his opinion and how that comes with Lambs utter contempt for what she stands for. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into . Her most recent novel is The Long Shadow (Five Star Publishing, 2018). 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. Joe Country is a triumph and, in my opinion, the series highlight so far. (LogOut/ Its clear that shes changed due to the shooting, a little slower and less bright, but theres an excellent set-piece towards the end that shows shes not out of the game. Whats Diana Taverner like as First Desk? Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried theyve been pushed further into the cold. He took on Standish as his office manager unknown to her to protect her from being imprisoned as a traitor. River Cartwright aliases River Cartwright MI-5 agent in London, in his early 30s; grandson of MI-5 legend David Cartwright. He confronts Webb, alleging Taverner had him purposefully feed him incorrect intel during the Stansted exercise so he would fail and be demoted, as he had the photograph of her meeting with Black. Something is brewing at the Park, and Diana Taverner, First Desk, and enemy of Lamb from way back, is probably behind it. Jackson Lamb wasnt demoted to Slough House he was given the post, at his request, after Charles Partner died. As far as Catherine is concerned, Charles shot himself, an event that apparently led to her renouncing alcohol and being sent to Slough House. But they have they actually been targeted? 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. 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