Новинки Мика Геррона

Мика Геррона называли «Джоном Ле Карре нашего времени» и новой надеждой британской литературы, сравнивали с Рэймондом Чандлером и Кингсли Эмисом, Ивлином Во и Грэмом Грином, Элмором Леонардом и Джозефом Хеллером. Герроновские романы — это «смешная, на грани фарса, изумительно циничная карикатура на политиков, функционеров, междоусобную грызню и Большую игру» (Booklist), а «хромые кони», они же слабаки из Слау-башни — это проштрафившиеся контрразведчики, наказанные «за пристрастие к наркотикам, алкоголю или распутству; за интриги и предательство; за недовольство и сомнения; а также за непростительную оплошность». Надзирает над ними Джексон Лэм — «Фальстаф наших дней» (Sunday Times) и «один из самых монструозных персонажей в современной литературе» (Бернард Корнуэлл). Но, как известно, бывших «Конторских» не бывает, и каждый слабак, занимаясь бессмысленной канцелярщиной, мечтает оправдаться, вернуться на оперативную работу в Риджентс-Парк. А когда террористы похищают подростка и угрожают отрубить ему голову в прямом эфире на «Ютьюбе», слабаки не собираются сидеть сложа руки... В 2022 году цикл «Слау-башня» получил телевоплощение: канал Apple TV+ запустил сериал, известный по-русски как «Медленные лошади». Уже вышло три сезона, всего их будет не менее пяти. Роль Джексона Лэма исполнил Гэри Олдман, также в сериале снялись Джек Лауден, Оливия Кук, Джонатан Прайс, Кристин Скотт Томас, Кристофер Чунг. Постановщиком первого сезона выступил Джеймс Хоуз («Мерлин», «Черное зеркало», «Доктор Кто», «Алиенист», «Воспитанные волками»).

A gripping spy thriller from the bestselling author of Slow Horses, about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin—an absolute must-read for Slough House fans.

Set in the MI5 world of Slow Horses, now an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Two years ago, a hostile prime minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating “historical over-reaching” by the British Secret Service. Monochrome’s mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer—and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so.

But MI5’s formidable First Desk did not become Britain’s top spy by accident, and she has successfully thwarted the inquiry at every turn. Now the administration that created Monochrome has been ousted, the investigation is a total bust—and Griselda and Malcolm are stuck watching as their career prospects are washed away by the pounding London rain.

Until the eve of Monochrome’s shuttering, when an MI5 case file appears without explanation. It is the buried history of a classified operation in 1994 Berlin—an operation that ended in tragedy and scandal, whose cover-up has rewritten thirty years of Service history.

The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron’s body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny. It is also the breathtaking secret history that Slough House fans have been waiting for.

Мика Геррона называли «Джоном Ле Карре нашего времени» и новой надеждой британской литературы, сравнивали с Рэймондом Чандлером и Кингсли Эмисом, Ивлином Во и Грэмом Грином, Элмором Леонардом и Джозефом Хеллером. Герроновские романы – это «смешная, на грани фарса, изумительно циничная карикатура на политиков, функционеров, междоусобную грызню и Большую игру» (Booklist), а его герои («хромые кони», они же слабаки из Слау-башни) – это проштрафившиеся контрразведчики, наказанные «за пристрастие к наркотикам, алкоголю или распутству; за интриги и предательство; за недовольство и сомнения; а также за непростительную оплошность». Надзирает над ними Джексон Лэм – «Фальстаф наших дней» (Sunday Times) и «один из самых монструозных персонажей в современной литературе» (Бернард Корнуэлл).

Во втором романе цикла, «Мертвые львы», старый знакомый Лэма времен службы в Берлине, бывший осведомитель по имени Дикки Боу, умирает в автобусе на подъезде к Оксфорду; и мало того, что смерть его выглядит подозрительно, но на его мобильном телефоне Лэм находит неотправленное сообщение с одним словом: «Цикады». А значит есть вероятность, что мифическая агентурная сеть глубокой конспирации – не такая уж мифическая. Но в МИ-5 не до того, контрразведка парализована «аудитом, который больше напоминает инквизицию», и разбираться с «Цикадами» и их мифическим (или все же не мифическим?) руководителем предстоит Лэму и его «хромым коням»…

По первым книгам цикла «Слау-башня» запущен в производство телесериал (два сезона сразу), съемки велись в 2020–2021 гг. Роль Джексона Лэма исполнил Гэри Олдман, также в сериале снялись Джек Лауден, Оливия Кук, Джонатан Прайс, Кристин Скотт Томас, Кристофер Чунг. Постановщиком первого сезона выступил Джеймс Хоуз («Мерлин», «Черное зеркало», «Доктор Кто», «Алиенист», «Воспитанные волками»).

Мика Геррона называли «Джоном Ле Карре нашего времени» и новой надеждой британской литературы, сравнивали с Рэймондом Чандлером и Кингсли Эмисом, Ивлином Во и Грэмом Грином, Элмором Леонардом и Джозефом Хеллером. Герроновские романы – это «смешная, на грани фарса, изумительно циничная карикатура на политиков, функционеров, междоусобную грызню и Большую игру» (Booklist), а «хромые кони», они же слабаки из Слау-башни – это проштрафившиеся контрразведчики, наказанные «за пристрастие к наркотикам, алкоголю или распутству; за интриги и предательство; за недовольство и сомнения; а также за непростительную оплошность». Надзирает над ними Джексон Лэм – «Фальстаф наших дней» (Sunday Times) и «один из самых монструозных персонажей в современной литературе» (Бернард Корнуэлл). Но, как известно, бывших «конторских» не бывает, и каждый слабак, занимаясь бессмысленной канцелярщиной, мечтает оправдаться, вернуться на оперативную работу в Риджентс-Парк. А когда террористы похищают подростка и угрожают отрубить ему голову в прямом эфире на «ютубе», слабаки не собираются сидеть сложа руки…

По первым книгам цикла «Слау-башня» запущен в производство телесериал (два сезона сразу), съемки велись в 2020–2021 гг. Роль Джексона Лэма исполнил Гэри Олдман, также в сериале снялись Джек Лауден, Оливия Кук, Джонатан Прайс, Кристин Скотт Томас, Кристофер Чунг. Постановщиком первого сезона выступил Джеймс Хоуз («Мерлин», «Черное зеркало», «Доктор Кто», «Алиенист», «Воспитанные волками»).

In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster — a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate — has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down.
But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect...

Мика Геррона называли «Джоном Ле Карре нашего времени» и новой надеждой британской литературы, сравнивали с Рэймондом Чандлером и Кингсли Эмисом, Ивлином Во и Грэмом Грином, Элмором Леонардом и Джозефом Хеллером. Герроновские романы — это «смешная, на грани фарса, изумительно циничная карикатура на политиков, функционеров, междоусобную грызню и Большую игру» (Booklist), а его герои («хромые кони», они же слабаки из Слау-башни) — это проштрафившиеся контрразведчики, наказанные «за пристрастие к наркотикам, алкоголю или распутству; за интриги и предательство; за недовольство и сомнения; а также за непростительную оплошность». Надзирает над…

Мика Геррона называли «Джоном Ле Карре нашего времени» и новой надеждой британской литературы, сравнивали с Рэймондом Чандлером и Кингсли Эмисом, Ивлином Во и Грэмом Грином, Элмором Леонардом и Джозефом Хеллером. Герроновские романы — это «смешная, на грани фарса, изумительно циничная карикатура на политиков, функционеров, междоусобную грызню и Большую игру» (Booklist), а «хромые кони», они же слабаки из Слау-башни — это проштрафившиеся контрразведчики, наказанные «за пристрастие к наркотикам, алкоголю или распутству; за интриги и предательство; за недовольство и сомнения; а также за непростительную оплошность». Надзирает над ними Джексон…

'Kill us? They've never needed to kill us,' said Lamb. 'I mean, look at us. What would be the point?'

A year after a calamitous blunder by the Russian secret service left a British citizen dead from novichok poisoning, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service's First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she's had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she's fought for.

Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried they've been pushed further into the cold. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew are feeling paranoid. But have they actually been targeted?

With a new populist movement taking a grip on London's streets, 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.

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker - a young married woman, bored and unhappy with domestic life - becomes obsessed with finding her. Accustomed to dull chores in a childless household and hosting her husband's wearisome business clients for dinner, Sarah suddenly finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew, as her investigation reveals that people long believed dead are still amo

When Zoe Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney's jewellery shop, she's just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn't expect to wind up in a coffin. But she's about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who's dedicating what's left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband's sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Set in the same world as the Slough House series, this explosive novella by bestselling spy-master Mick Herron, is a treat for his massive fan base.

John Bachelor is the saddest kind of spy: not a joe in the field, not even a desk jockey, but a milkman—a part-time pension administrator whose main job is to check in on aging retired spies. Late in his career and having lost his wife, his house, and his savings after a series of unlucky choices, John’s been living in a dead man’s London apartment, hoping the bureaucracy isn’t going to catch up with him and leave him homeless. But keeping a secret among spies is a fool’s errand, and now John has made himself eminently blackmailable.

Zoë Boehm doesn't do death. It's a rule. Yet here she is—in this new ambitious detective novel from the sure-footed Mick Herron—worried by three of them. Zoë herself has killed a man, and self-defense or not, it cripples her emotions still. She also remembers Wez, a twelve-year-old kid afraid of heights, who tumbled to his death from the top of a tower block; she knew him when he was nine and snatching purses from middle-aged ladies. Then, there's Caroline Daniels. They're saying that Caroline's death was accidental: that she fell off the crowded underground platform and died beneath the wheels of an oncoming train. Nonetheless, Caroline's employer, Amory Grayling, is disturbed. Caroline, it seems, had recently acquired a lover who remains mysteriously faceless and nameless. So it is that Zoë begins searching for a man whom no one knows by attempting to uncover the secrets locked in the heart of a woman she has never met. Though the questions outnumber Zoë's answers, she is certain that Caroline did not fall accidentally to death. Nor did Wez, she comes to realize, and soon finds herself dangerously pursuing two murderers, though one of them may find her first.

'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.'

Like the ringing of a dead man's phone, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral . . .

In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.

Meanwhile, in Regent's Park, Diana Taverner's tenure as First Desk is running into difficulties. If she's going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar old devil . . .

And with winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible breaks cover at last, Lamb sends the slow horses out to even the score.

This time, they're heading into joe country.

And they're not all coming home.

Never outlive your ability to survive a fight.

Twenty years retired, David Cartwright can still spot when the stoats are on his trail.

Jackson Lamb worked with Cartwright back in the day. He knows better than most that this is no vulnerable old man. 'Nasty old spook with blood on his hands' would be a more accurate description.

'The old bastard' has raised his grandson with a head full of guts and glory. But far from joining the myths and legends of Spook Street, River Cartwright is consigned to Lamb's team of pen-pushing no-hopers at Slough House.

So it's Lamb they call to identify the body when Cartwright's panic button raises the alarm at Service HQ.

And Lamb who will do whatever he thinks necessary, to protect an agent in peril . . .

In the Intelligence Service purgatory that is Slough House, where spies mockingly called the slow horses are sent to finish what is left of their careers, their boss Jackson Lamb is on his way Oxford. A former spook has turned up dead on a bus.
Not an obvious target for assassination, Dickie Bow was a talented streetwalker back in the day. Good at following people, bringing home their secrets. Dickie was in Berlin with Jackson Lamb. Now Lamb's got his phone, on it the last secret Dickie ever told, and reason to believe an old-time Moscow-style op is being run in the Intelligence Service's back-yard.
Once a spook, always a spook, and Dickie was one of their own. To unearth Dickie's dying secret Jackson Lamb and his crew of no-hopers is about to go live.

Slough House is the outpost where disgraced spies are banished to see out the rest of their derailed careers. Known as the 'slow horses' these misfits have committed crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal while on duty.
In this drab and mildewed office these highly trained spies don't run ops, they push paper. Not one of them joined the Intelligence Service to be a slow horse and the one thing they have in common is they want to be back in the action.
When a boy is kidnapped and held hostage, his beheading is scheduled for live broadcast on the net. And whatever the instructions of their masters at the Intelligence Service headquarters, the slow horses aren't going to just sit quiet and watch.

Slough House’i suunatakse k?ik luureteenistuses k?ki kokku keeranud liikmed, olgu p?hjuseks rongi unustatud salajased failid, untsu keeratud j?litust?? v?i joomarlusest tingitud usalduskaotus. Nemad on luureteenistuse mustad lambad – ?raaetud hobused – ja k?ige pettunum nende seas on River Cartwright, kelle p?evad m??duvad mobiiltelefonivestlusi ?les t?hendades.Kui aga r??vitakse ?ks noormees ja r??vijad tal otse-eetris pea otsast ?hvardavad v?tta, n?eb River selles v?imalust enese lunastamiseks. Kas ohver on see, kellena teda esitletakse? Ja kuidas on r??vijad seotud p?lu alla sattunud ajakirjanikuga? Kella tiksudes avastab River, et k?igil on omad eesm?rgid.

London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one.

Cover your arse.

Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions himself: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten; from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print; and especially from his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner, who's alert for Claude's every stumble.

Meanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks, and someone's trying to kill Roddy Ho.

Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. But collectively, they're about to rediscover their greatest strength - that of making a bad situation much, much worse.

It's a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren't going to break themselves.

London’s Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their spy careers pushing paper. But when one of these “slow horses” is kidnapped by a former soldier bent on revenge, the agents must breach the defenses of Regent’s Park to steal valuable intel in exchange for their comrade’s safety. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg, however, as the agents uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves not only a group of private mercenaries but also the highest authorities in the Security 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.

Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank account—and there’s only ever one reason a spy has a secret second bank account. The question of whether he was a double agent must be resolved, and its answer may undo an entire career’s worth of spy secrets.