(SH) Cartwright, River - Young, white, fair hair, grey eyes and a mole on his upper lip. She was in comms at The Park before she laid out a co-worker, and also has addiction issues. 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. Whats Diana Taverner like as First Desk? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Better Call Saul ending What happened to Saul? I am not sure I can read any more. The story, in the early days of, This week sees the release of Trouble, the third book in the Hella Mauzer series by Katja Ivar. Spook Street is one of the darker novels and what little comic relief there is, is provided by Roddy Ho getting a girlfriend, a plot thread which is pulled in the follow up novel, London Rules. Constant budget constraints have left the Park unable to respond to Russian provocation. One could certainly be excused for not looking at Lambbetween his predictably terrible farts, his smoking and spitting, and his disgustingly soiled clothing and office, hes both camouflaged and repellent. 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. Wannabe super spy/espionage royalty/screwup. Louisa Guy, another member of the team who has been there from the beginning, is probably the safest pair of hands at Slough House. Herron uses the plot to make some biting comments about the use of private money in security operations and the importance of standing up to bullies. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! 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. He deduces Katinsky is the spymaster behind the Cicada program (passing himself off as a junior bureaucrat when defecting to avoid suspicion) and was the handler of a traitor in the service. Red Rose ending explained What is Red Rose? He wants a tame intelligence service ready to do the PMs bidding and leaks rumours that a government advisor has been subject to extraordinary rendition by an MI5 gone rogue. 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. Standish beats Krymov in a game of chess, and he reveals it was Katinsky, not Pashkin he met with to set up the Webb meeting. She offers him a way out that will result in him being fired but not charged, but also threatens Standish and tells him Sid has died in hospital. But is the victim who he first appears to be? After locating the photo and evading security, he and Lamb threaten to reveal Taverner's operation to the Director-General and the press. One of the first things to appreciate is that each novel is an underdog story a group of individuals, under-qualified and under-resourced, who have to beat their better-off cousins at The Park to save the day. . 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. Washed-up and paranoid far-right journalist Robert Hobden deduced, after Taverner sent Moody to steal his laptop, that MI5 were behind the kidnapping and kicking over their traces. Is River really dead? Hes already won a number of awards, and the development by Apple TV of a series, based on the books and with Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, should only increase its popularity. The impetus for the plot is a fictionalized version of the Skripal incident: Russian agents smeared the Novichok nerve agent on the Salisbury doorknob of a former Russian military officer, Sergei Skripal, who had been a double agent for British intelligence. This is yet another winning book from the series featuring the "slow horses" of Britain's intelligence world. 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. THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS. And like Ashley, most readers will rush a third of the way into the book, at least, before confirming that almost all the machinations taking place have Jackson Lamb behind them. 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. River Cartwright is positioned as Lamb's spiritual opposite. Katinsky specifically requested Lamb's team to be involved. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He could see one of either breed breaking a lock, finessing a window; could see them working round the study, looking for clues. 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). Lamb breaks him out, and the two deduce Moody was the gunman sent to kill Hobden. Beth Kanell is an author of historical fiction and mysteries. Thats not to say there isnt heartbreak. You will be rewarded at the end. Sid, alive but in critical condition, is taken to hospital by MI5 security operatives who detain Cartwright. Slough House's cyber expert Roddy Ho discovers he cannot hack Hobden's laptop as it is air gapped, furthering everybody's suspicions. It still rankled, his fall from grace, and why shouldnt he take some matter of revenge? Min wasnt killed by her car, and she was not driving. Hes overweight, frequently drunk and appears dishevelled, but many enemies make the mistake of underestimating him. But Lady Di is slowly learning that the patriotism doesnt mean they dont have demands and YouTube billionaire-turned-new-channel owner Damien Cantor in particular would like Lady Di to come on his show and do an interview. I am currently well into Bad Actors desperate to know if certain casualties from this book survived, and even hoping for a tiny spoiler so as to prepare myself for the worst, if that is to be the outcome. Nick Duffy 14 episodes, 2022-2023 But Bad Actors, eighth in the series, has no connection to performance, despite the title that might immediately pop a stage into the back of an American readers mind. It has been a while since I read one but watching the first series on TV reminded me just how good these books are (and I do prefer them as books). "The Dogs" arrive, but the group prevent them from killing the detained Curly. Joy is unbridled when each new book is announced. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. He is never without a drink or a smoke, even when the team goes dark, and remains as rude and offensive as ever. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew are feeling paranoid. She directed MI5 undercover agent Alan Black to infiltrate the group and organise the kidnapping with the intention of then miraculously finding and capturing the gang and freeing Hassan, who, conveniently, was the nephew of Pakistan's Defence Minister, someone it would be useful to impress. These stories about a disparate group of underdogs coming together to beat the odds (and beat The Man) have struck a chord with readers. However, during a scouting mission, when the two are stalking a right-wing journalist called Robert Hobden, Sid is shot by an unseen intruder. Herron builds his characters and reveals more about them perhaps as the series unfolds. I'm totally invested in the world of the slow horses of Slough House since starting the series in 2017. Several other members of the team think that it may have happened to them too, though their incompetence makes it difficult to be sure. River is tempted to reveal that it's really very obviously because he's "an insufferable prick". Kill us? There are a lot of characters and rapid changes of scene, and so you do have to pay attention - which I find harder while listening than eye-reading, but I did enjoy the narrators range of voices. Perpetually rueful Min left a top-secret dossier on the train. He is as corrupt as any of the villains in the series. Has Louisa finally been able to put her past with Min behind her? David Walmsley as Larry, a member of the Sons of Albion. But the trail leads straight back to the Park itself, with Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Another semi-c0mpetent agent, Louisa is a little more able than most of Slough House's denizens. Mick Herron is not kind to his characters. Tierney returns from the US, ordering all loose ends be tied up after Taverner further lies to her about the operation. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. Since Dead Lions, Herron has setup an every other book dynamic of killing off slow horses. She was announced as having died, but Roddy Ho inferred from her sudden online invisibility that she had been 'disappeared'. Now that the O. [2] In June 2022, the series was renewed for third and fourth seasons. The website's critical consensus says, "Slow Horses says nay to the sophomore jinx with a second season that might be even better than its supremely addictive predecessor. Well, that would be another book spoiler that could affect future seasons, so LOOK AWAY NOW. I dunno. Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.Buy now on Amazon. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. Louisa Guy was sent to Slough House after she lost a tail involved in gun smuggling. His kidnapping and intended rescue is an unsanctioned false flag operation masterminded by herself to potentially increase cooperation with Pakistan as well as neutralise and intimidate the far-right. Jackson Lamb is the head of Slough House and a former Joe, or field agent in Slough House slang. Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice*. 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. 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. Nobody is assigned to Slough House because of their skills they're all failures of one sort or another. His death and the deaths of Lamb's agents in Europe were what provoked Lamb to demand oversight of Slough House, a place where no one would ever again do anything significant, or get hurt. White T," complains our hero, River Cartwright, played by Jack Lowden, to his co-working nemesis, "Spider" Webb, played by Freddie Fox. He now lives in Oxford and works in London. Chernitsky ambushes Ho on the train and escapes after an altercation with Dander. Her sometimes ally or enemy depending on which way the wind is blowing is Peter Judd, Tory politician and grandee. . Cartwright, David - Known as the power behind the throne in his time at MI5 in the 70's and 80's. Now known as the "OB", Old Bastard. Finnish crime drama Man in Room 301 coming to BBC Four, Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskeys debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. Follow I Read, Therefore I Blog on WordPress.com. Like the previous novels, it was shortlisted for a number of prestigious wards.Buy now on Amazon, A private funding deal, worked out in secret between Diana Taverner and Peter Judd, gives the Park the resources to strike back at Putin, sending a hit team into Russia to rub out the Novichok poisoners. I won't go into the storyline since that can be found elsewhere. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! Lamb blackmails Nick Duffy to get him into the records department at Regents Park. 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. 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. This series is perfect for those that want their humor dark and smart. 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. This might explain his loyalty to his team when they are in peril, and makes his otherwise rude and bullying behaviour towards them forgivable. Roddy Ho, Shirley Dander and Lech Wicinski round out the team. 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? Any trail his dead grandfather had left, no one was going to follow but him. Judd booted Hobden to the curb and Taverner's chief dog Nick Duffy literally pushed him over it into the path of oncoming traffic. All Rights Reserved. Well, as Jackson Lamb was delighted to point out, they actually didn't. Louisa Guy, perhaps, has most focus but this novel felt much more like a genuine ensemble cast - and benefited from that, too. You can buySLOUGH HOUSE by Mick Herron fromAmazon UK,WaterstonesorBookshop.org UK. But there may be a flavor of wicked humor remaining in what one does afterwardalong with great satisfaction at what Lamb and the Slow Horses pull out of their grubby, out-of-fashion hats. LOOK AWAY NOW. River Cartwright 18 episodes, 2022-2023 Kristin Scott Thomas . Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. However, they cant afford to ignore the assassination, on UK soil, of a Russian defector. For River Cartwright, however, all of this plays second fiddle to the fact that not only is Sidonie Sid Baker still alive, but shes turned up at his dead grandfathers house in Kent because she needs his help. At base, Louisa Guy reports that she was tailed by an MI6 spy from Regents Park, the centre of MI6 operations and the hallowed turf to which all slow horses want to return. Regents Park has lost three cold bodies identities or legends in the trade worked up by the civil service from birth to provide rock-solid cover cover for a Joe in the field. (He returns in Slough House, books fans.). Its the kind of humor that catches you unaware, in a did he really just say that? style. True, Ho and Standish managed to retroactively track the movements of Alan Black's alias and locate the van he had hired for the kidnapping. I would also love to know whats happening with Sid as well as how River is dealing with his fathers death! Despite giving every indication of wanting his team of slow horses to fail spectacularly, he never gives up on a Joe (spy), and its this trait which makes him such a popular character. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.4/10, based on 25 critic reviews. The writing is so good, you feel every sentence has been worked on to get the best out of it. Katinsky reveals that outside of his part in the Glasshouse plot, he also intended to kill Lamb in retribution for Charles Partner, his own "Joe" who acted as his informant while he was First Desk at MI5. He is due to be accompanied by Nick Duffy, leader of 'The Dogs', for added security, but demands Taverner join him instead. 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. He tells River that in East Berlin Bough went AWOL and was assumed to have defected, but returned drunk. 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. Want to know why? We left her severely injured and MIA until a shocking phone call at the end of Spook . [11] It was originally intended to film earlier in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. My carefully organized reading list just took a direct hit. 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.. She clawed her way to the top but was David Cartwrights choice to be the perpetual number two the smarter move? Right from the first book, Herron shows hes not afraid to kill off his creations and some of those deaths hit very hard indeed. With the 2022 release of the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, however, it's come onto the radar of an entirely new set of people - many of them addicted to the twists and turns and delightful subterfuge . Something is brewing at the Park, and Diana Taverner, First Desk, and enemy of Lamb from way back, is probably behind it. Slough House is Mick Herrons seventh novel about his team of unloved, incompetent though often marvellously effective MI6 spies. Also on the nit-picky line, Im not sure that the use of new character Reese Nesmith III really added a huge amount other than to give Lamb the chance to make some trademark un-PC comments about dwarfism. I was very disappointed in the ending of this novel. Plus he was the normal one. Spook secrets were dangerous to friends and foes alike, and the old man had made plenty of both down the years. He can handle Lambs temperament but he isnt who I see when I read the books. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. History Season 1 At an airport, River Cartwright gets ready to board his flight while waiting for someone. Its a couple of months after JOE COUNTRY. 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. Blonde, handsome, smart, passionate, and the grandson of an MI5 legend (played by Jonathan Pryce), he is obviously meant to be the . Curly and River engage in a brief shootout, before he is knocked out by Hassan with a rock. Since Ashley is as paranoid as any other spy, and clueless as well, shes baffled by the interactions around her in Slough House. The show begins with young MI5 agent River Cartwright amidst a terror-threat situation at the Stansted airport, where he has to follow an Asian male in his 20s and apprehend him before he sets off a fatal explosion. Charles Partner was, in fact, a double agent at the top of MI5, and had been getting away with selling Britain's secrets for years thanks to the befuddled ignorance of his alcoholic assistant, Catherine Standish. At the same time, Lamb is out in Oxford looking into the suspicious death of a retired agent. Slough House is his reward for taking care of Charles Partner for MI5. 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 fun (and poignant bonding) of Bad Actors lies in watching all the others, at Slough House and beyond, gradually realize that only Lambs irreverent demands and plans are likely to get them out of a mess thats so absurd, so wracked with capers and collapses, then even Claude Whelan will say he cant tear his eyes away. River Cartwright, the protagonist of the novel, was going places. In the dilapidated offices of Slough House, these files spooks spend their time on various pointless tasks, designed to break their will and bring about their resignations, avoiding the hassle, expense and bad publicity of employment tribunals. 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. I mean, look at us. Such events, on home turf, require a response and Taverner is keen enough to make that happen to allow Judds involvement. This is my favorite type of book - clever humor (esp British) with a good story. Unlike the rest of the team, the reason for Lambs demotion to Slough House is never revealed. Theyre worth reading in sequence. So it's "the f**king wilderness" for him. Perhaps COVID-19 will make an appearance in next years novel. Meanwhile, Claude Whelan, current First Desk, is caught between a weak PM and a populist MP flushed from a successful Brexit referendum. Lamb theorises that Slough House is going to be blamed for whatever operation Regent's Park is running and be disavowed if it fails. But I think hes got too old and too thin. Driving out of London, Zeppo and Larry reveal that they never intended to go through with killing Ahmed, and entertain the idea of releasing him, becoming increasingly concerned with Curly's erratic behaviour and rhetoric. Please let River live. Your email address will not be published. River bribes a taxi driver in Stroud, who reveals he drove Chernitsky to an airfield and flying club in Upshott, but was instructed to lie about it and call a number should people come looking. That means Slough House would normally be a safe book for the characters. With a seasoned spy for a grandfather, his star in MI5 was expected to ascend into the stratosphere. 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 . But we also see that she's deeply troubled by the suicide of her former boss, Charles Partner, which she discovered, and which we surmise has something to do with the founding of Slough House. Top 9 Burning Questions going in to Slough House, The Oxford Series and other Mick Herron novels, Barbican Station A Slough House Podcast. 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