#59 in Crime & mystery
Real Tigers
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Our view
Mick Herron’s disgraced spies stay excellent company in “Real Tigers”, the third “Slough House” novel. When an ex-soldier seeking revenge abducts one of Jackson Lamb’s team, the others are pushed into stealing secrets from MI5’s own headquarters, and a wider conspiracy opens up behind it. Some readers find the series slow to take hold; those who stay with it grow fond of this band of castoffs.
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About the book
The Bond-esque River Cartwight and his group of defunct MI5 spies, headed by the irascible Jackson Lamb, will do anything to get back into the game. When a member of London's Slough House - MI5's stable for disgraced spies, so-called "slow horses" - is kidnapped by a former soldier bent on revenge, the agents must risk treason and breach Regent's Park to steal intel in exchange for their comrade's safety. But the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg as they are caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future not only of Slough House but of MI5 itself.
Reading order · Slough House
Full order & progress →- Slow HorsesStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Dead Lions
–Not ranked yet - Real TigersThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Spook Street
–Not ranked yet - London Rules
–Not ranked yet - Joe Country
–Not ranked yet - Slough House
–Not ranked yet - Bad ActorsBad Actors–Not ranked yet
- Clown Town
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 150 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 150 | 100% |
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