MICK
HERRON
DEAD LIONS
Translation Antonis Kalokiris
Dead Lions is the second novel in Mick Herron’s internationally acclaimed Slough House series, translated into more than twenty languages. Winner of the prestigious Gold Dagger Award from the Crime Writers’ Association, the series has also been adapted into the hit television show Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb.
The Slow Horses are the washed-up agents of Britain’s MI5 — failed spies relegated to Slough House, where they are condemned to mind-numbing administrative work while dreaming of a return to real field operations.
That chance arrives when Dickie Bow, a veteran Cold War operative, is found dead on a bus outside Oxford, far from his usual territory. The official verdict is a heart attack. But Jackson Lamb — the foul-mouthed, irascible head of Slough House — is convinced Bow was murdered.
As the investigation unfolds, long-buried Cold War secrets begin to surface. And the question becomes: how many more people will have to die to keep them hidden?
Mick Herron: ‘I’m interested in incompetence, things going wrong’ -The Guardian
