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Slow Horses
- Slough House, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Slough House is Jackson Lamb’s kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who’ve screwed up: left a secret file on a train, blown surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They’re the service’s poor relations – the slow horses – and bitterest among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations. But when a young man is abducted, and it’s threatened that he’ll be beheaded live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem him.
Is the victim who he first appears to be? And what’s the kidnappers’ connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda….
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- Clive Conway
- 05-09-2019
Entertaining and witty spy extravaganza
Mick Herron is certainly a master of the spy genre. It's a little bit like reading John le Carre with extra humour. Rather then a gradual progression of narrative, the story advances by deep pictures of individual characters interspersed with pacey and exciting scenes. Every character is flawed and complex. Noone is to be trusted. the greatest enemies lie within.
it's all jolly good fun, but also quite exciting. But there's a dark edge that sometimes runs close to the bone, pointing a spotlight atcontemporary tensions and characters. Boris Johnson has a double in this tale for example, which seems quite prophetic given this book's age.
The only downside is that sometimes we get so much back-story on characters that the story itself creeps to walking pace for a while before lurching forward again. But that's part of the style that i because used to as the book progressed.
A big thumbs up for the narrator, who suits this book perfectly, and is near to flawless.
I shall be moving immediately on to the next book in the series.
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- milorad topic
- 05-04-2021
I’m warming to the series
This is my second book of the series and I’m loving the characters and the shadow play
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- gary
- 11-08-2018
Molto piacevole!
A great listen indeed - the old radio shows this good? Highly recommended - good story with excellent performance ✅
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- Joseph
- 17-05-2021
Excellent!
This is a great spy story. There is tight plot, really nice character development and some really talented writing. The performance is also really well done. This is one of the best audible stories I’ve heard in some time.
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- David Caldwell
- 13-11-2020
Top listen!
Brilliant narration by Sean Barrett - Jackson Lamb came to life for me in the persona of Churchill. Great story and thoroughly enjoyed everything about it.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-11-2020
an engaging story
I enjoyed the story, with unexpected twists. However, I found it hard to follow when the new chapters weren't announced. Sometimes, someone was speaking and it turns out they are not part of the previous scene so it's a bit confusing.
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- Craig
- 03-11-2021
Excellent
This was such an engaging story with intricate storylines weaved together. Some longish backstories meant I gave it one less star than I would have. But the action and plot turns were great, as was the narration!
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- book lover
- 12-03-2022
Slow Horses is really refreshingly good
Herron has an intelligent writing style. Never knew know what was coming next. Very clever story. Looking forward to the next one.
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- Dee Hosking
- 06-06-2023
Entertaining
Started slow and ended with entertaining punch
Enjoyable alternative spy adventure
Loved the twists and turns
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- Tessa McGregor
- 17-09-2024
Fantastic!
Excellently read. Can understand how the tv series on which it is based is so captivating.
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