Real Tigers, Mick Herron
Real Tigers, Mick Herron
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Real Tigers

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/19/2016


Synopsis

London: Slough House is the MI5 branch where disgraced operatives are reassigned after they’ve messed up too badly to be trusted with real intelligence work. The “Slow Horses,” as the failed spies of Slough House are called, are
doomed to spend the rest of their careers pushing paper, but they all want back in on the action.

When one of their own is kidnapped and held for ransom, the agents of Slough House must defeat the odds, overturning all expectations of their competence, to breach the top-notch security of MI5’s intelligence headquarters, Regent’s Park,
and steal valuable intel in exchange for their comrade’s safety. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg, however—the agents uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves not only a group of private mercenaries but the highest authorities
in the Secret Service. After years spent as the lowest on the totem pole, the Slow Horses suddenly find themselves caught in the midst of a conspiracy that threatens not only the future of Slough House, but of MI5 itself.

About Mick Herron

Mick Herron, British novelist and short story writer, is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and three standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, the Theakston’s Novel of the Year Award, the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and the USC Libraries Scripter Award. His works have been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards. He was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on January 07, 2021

4★ “‘What if they come after you? With guns?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You’ll be fine. Getting shot’s like falling off a log. It doesn’t take practice.’” It’s as entertaining as the first two in the series, and I’ll include a few more quotes just because, well, just because. I haven’t actually compared page by page, bu......more