Slough House is where M15 spies who have made a mistake are demoted to. The men and women who make up Slough House are called slow horses by their superiors. These individuals each have distinct personalities and the leader of the group, Jackson Lamb, is a truly unforgettable character. In the opening pages of Slow Horses a young Pakistani man has been kidnapped by three men who threaten to behead him. How and why Jackson Lamb and his motley crew become involved in the kidnapping is examined in the first in Mick Herron’s Slow Horses series.

I usually don’t read mysteries, but I watched three seasons of Slow Horses on Apple TV and was curious to see how the book differed. The show is really enjoyable, but, of course, the book is better!