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Joe Country

Slough House, Book 6

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Joe Country

By: Mick Herron
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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'Sets a new bar for spy fiction' Financial Times

****

In Slough House, the backwater for failed spies, memories are stirring, all of them bad.

Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.

With winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible for killing a slow horse breaks cover at last, Lamb sends his crew out to even the score.

This time, they're heading into joe country. And they're not all coming home.

'The go-to author for British espionage' Guardian

'Bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious' Observer

(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2019 Mick Herron Crime Thrillers Espionage Fiction Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Mystery

Critic Reviews

Herron does not seek to be John le Carre - his is a wryer, more ironic style; faster, more down to earth, with rapid prose that grabs you by the throat. If you haven't read him yet, do so now
The best thriller writer in Britain today
This series is bitingly intelligent, light of touch and frequently hilarious
Mick Herron is fast becoming the go-to author for British espionage . . . Aficionados can expect Herron's trademark snappy dialogue, memorably flawed characters and sharp political observation
Herron is superior to the vast majority of thriller writers at their best, and there's no shortage here of reliable treats ranging from messy, inept gunfights to brutally sarcastic dialogue
Every bit as captivating as its predecessors . . . like a pin-sharp sitcom that happens to include murder and high politics, they purr along on the gracelessness and ineptitude of the self-deluding Slow Horses, the unmatchable Lamb, and the crackling writing that has made all six in the series unmissable
A delight - an ingeniously plotted thriller, delivered in bone dry, sublimely sardonic style
Herron's morbidly witty backdrop hosts incisive storytelling with a rich mix of engaging characters
Well observed, angry and deeply sad, Joe Country is fundamentally about injustice . . . It is a rare novelist who can make such unrelenting misery so funny
Mick Herron's Slough House spy thrillers are by now, one of the least well-kept secrets in espionage fiction. Everyone with even half an eye on the genre knows he is somewhere near the top . . . Herron is a fine, often glorious sentence-by-sentence writer, and fiercely funny with his dialogue . . . a hugely satisfying addition to the series
Herron's running jokes with language are part of the fun, and his corpulent, politically incorrect and scatalogically creative eminence noir Jackson Lamb is the icing on the cake
If you haven't yet immersed yourself in the world of Slough House, the arena for Herron's jaded and thoroughly imperfect spies, you've a treat in store . . . Combining espionage, ennui and deadpan humour, they set a new bar for spy fiction
A complex, accomplished novel by the best thriller writer in Britain today
All stars
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Emotional start with twists and turns a dear characters death excellent revenge lady book am so so sad

Just one word Sublime

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This series is not losing interest or power even after 6 books. Well worth the listen.

Great story great narration

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The Slow Horses have been excellent company in lockdown. Beautifully written and paced as always. Darkly laugh out loud funny.

Another excellent Jackson Lamb tale

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i think story is great, and the narrator is fantastic . Having read all in the series to this point, the backstory details can get a bit tedious, but this book is not too heavily repetitive. And reading small bits at intervals, means a bit of repetition isn't a bad thing for me!

story and narration on point as always

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Mick Heron has done it again. He knows how to grab the audience, conjuring dry or darkly humorous metaphors to build intrigue and images. Clever twists and turns… I’m ready to binge on the next in the series.

Love this series!

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