#8 in Spy & espionage
Slow Horses
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Our view
“Slow Horses” is a spy novel that takes its time and makes the wait worthwhile. Mick Herron spends the early chapters introducing a team of disgraced MI5 officers stuck in dead-end desk work, groundwork that makes the later tension count and prepares the rest of the Slough House series. Some readers find the opening slow. A good choice for those who read espionage for its characters.
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About the book
Slow Horses is an espionage novel by British writer Mick Herron, published in 2010. It is the first novel in the Slough House series, following River Cartwright and a group of disgraced MI5 officers as they attempt to escape their desk jobs.
Reading order · Slough House
Full order & progress →- Slow HorsesThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Dead Lions
–Not ranked yet - Real Tigers
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 7.9 across 372 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 72% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Spy & espionage average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 372 | 100% |
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