Publisher information
- Publisher: F. A. Thorpe (Publishers)
- ISBN: 9781399125505
- Number of pages: 402
- Dimensions: 232 x 155 mm
- Languages: English
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This is Mick Herron on superb, scintillating and excoriating form
Mick Herron keeps getting better and better. Part of the reason for this is that, where once his satire was very funny, now it seems that life is imitating... READ MORE
The stage is set...
Bad Actors is the latest novel in the Slough House series, focussing on the spooks (the 'slow horses') that MI5 left behind. Left behind in a decaying, see... READ MORE
Best Spy Series (with no comparators)
Bad Actors is the 8th instalment in the incredible Slough House series, which just gets better and better.
The Prime Minister’s Special Advisor is enrapt... READ MORE
Bad actors out-stumbled by slow horses
Politics is indeed a dangerous game, whether near Westminster’s centre or unceremoniously being swung by an ankle around it. ‘Bad Actors’ is the eighth nov... READ MORE
a very unique story
This was a great read. I actually gave it 3.5 stars but had to round it up as it was better than a 3-star read. I listened to the audiobook book and though... READ MORE
SPADs, Spooks and Sans in the 8th SLOUGH HOUSE novel
It’s 6 months after SLOUGH HOUSE.
River Cartwright’s presence is missed in Slough House, his desk taken by Ashley Khan (a bit player in SLOUGH HOUSE who g... READ MORE
Another Cracker!
The "slow horses" are let loose once again under the unmatched ringmastership of the inimitable, all-knowing, all-seeing Jackson Lamb who, fortunately, has... READ MORE
It gets better and better!
Every time I start a new Slough House book with the scare that it will be the one to eventually suck, and every time I'm happy to realize that the trend is... READ MORE
The balance has gone
"Slow Horses" was one of my favourite finds of the lockdown. A novel that was enigmatic and characters with light and dark shade involved in a plot that m... READ MORE
Mick Herron never disappoints.
“… the role of the slow horses is to embrace unfulfillment and boredom, to look back in disappointment, stare round in dismay, and understand that life is ... READ MORE
Unashamedly Entertaining
Not the book to start with, obviously, but as the eighth in a series this doesn’t disappoint.
Apart from Lamb, it doesn’t really do to have a favourite am... READ MORE
Fantastic
I love reading about the trials and tribulations of Slough House and it’s inhabitants.
No spoilers, but I really enjoyed it.
The best to date
Mick Herron is in fine form with Bad Actors. Another exceptional novel, and, quite possibly, my favourite to date. The mix of politico backstabbing and rut... READ MORE
Not up to the usual standard
Is the Slough House franchise running out of steam?. Whereas at one point these thrillers were stylish and witty, Bad Actors, which is Mike Herron's latest... READ MORE
An intricately plotted topical spy thriller with laugh out loud jokes
This iteration of the MI5/Slough House/slow horses series starts (roughly) just after the Covid lockdowns. As one of the millions of Londoners who lived th... READ MORE
Another Great Book
I am probably biased because I love the Mick Herons Slough House series of books, this book is another excellent piece of work the exactment the humour is ... READ MORE
Love, love, loved it
Where to start?
The UK has entered the COVID years, there's an oily Downing Street disruptor (think Dominic Cummings) leading the Prime Minister around ... READ MORE