*Discover The Secret Hours the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read
for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES
BESTSELLER* **THE TIMES THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR** ***WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER
CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022*** 'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin Slough House - the crumbling
office building to which failed spies the 'slow horses' are banished - has been wiped from
secret service records. Reeling from recent losses in their ranks the slow horses are worried
they've been pushed further into the cold and fatal accidents keep happening. With a new
populist movement taking a grip on London's streets the aftermath of a blunder by the Russian
secret service that left a British citizen dead and the old order ensuring that everything's
for sale to the highest bidder the world's an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to
requirements. The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass.
But the slow horses aren't famed for making wise decisions. 'The most completely realised
espionage universe since that peopled by George Smiley' The Times 'An absolute tour-de-force'
Sunday Express
