Looking forward to starting to read this author. He was mentioned in the most recent book by Ann Cleeves. And she named Slow Horses as the book of interest so I can start at the beginning! Reply

Summary and reviews of Nobody Walks by Mick Herron - BookBrowse

Thoughts became rituals in themselves. You plodded the same course over and over, like any dumb beast or wind-up toy. All across the USA, people are showing up dead. The deaths don't appear to be connected in any way until one particular death occurs and gets the Secretary of Defense's attention. He arranges for a task force to investigate. In Herron's dazzling third Zoë Boehm adventure, the second to appear in the U.S. (after 2004's The Last Voice You HearI made the choice of reading one book out of sequence because it was convenient. Mistake! Try to read the series as written Once upon a time, Bettany had gone undercover to put the McGarry Brothers in jail for their contribution to The Troubles. Although he had given his testimony behind a screen, there were many in the McGarry clan who would be quite pleased to get their hands on Bettany for betraying them. Only the death of his son was powerful enough motivation to return to the UK.

Nobody Walks by Mick Herron | Hachette UK Nobody Walks by Mick Herron | Hachette UK

Nobody Walksis a very different kind of thriller: more Richard Stark than John Le Carre. It’s stripped downand raw; a satisfying, immersive thriller, bold and brutal in its simplicity.” Without Lamb’s knowledge, Louisa Guy and Min Harper are seconded by The Park on a baby sitting job. A Russian oligarch is visiting London and elements of The Park want to turn him because a potential future Russian president who owes British Intelligence would be a massive coupe. At the same time, Lamb is out in Oxford looking into the suspicious death of a retired agent. The only clue he finds is an undelivered text – Cicadas. So, what connects the oligarch with an old rumour of Russian sleeper agents? Herron won the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger for this novel, though for my money his debut is a better book. If you haven't read Nobody Walks and you love the Slough House books then make a point of reading it. Both Ingrid Tearney and JK Coe feature. JK Coes first appears in The List, and then in this, before finally appearing as one of the slow horses in Real Tigers. In this book, readers discover what happened to JK Coe prior to becoming a slow horse and why he is a little, ahem, jumpy. Ingrid Tearney is at her manipulative and conniving best.Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge are the odd couple, though they’re not even a couple. She was in comms at The Park before she laid out a co-worker, and also has addiction issues. He used to break down doors and carry a gun before his gambling problems compromised him. Herron (Dead Lions, 2013, etc.) strips his revenge story to the bone, paring away unnecessary characters, episodes, speeches and gestures to produce a violent little elegy that grows both more clever and more sour as it hurtles along. The explanation of young Liam's death makes little sense to Tom, who begins to make enquiries of his own. Suspicion lands on Vincent Driscoll, Liam's rather odd games-designer boss, and this raises a red flag for MI5. With Driscoll having recently been vetted for national honours, Dame Ingrid Tearney wants to deal with the situation very discreetly, so she enlists JK Coe, a still wet-behind-the-ears officer from Psych Eval, to act as go-between. Tearney and Bettany are a match for each other, but only one of them knows what's really going on. A] superb thriller . . . Herron may be the most literate, and slyest, thriller writer in English today.” This is a stand-alone with rewarding pre-quel links to the Slough House series. It’s just classic Herron.