Real Tigers by Mick HerronMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The third outing for the Slow Horses of Slough House. London is in the grip of a long hot summer. Catherine Standish leaves Slough House at the end of the day, only to be approached by a ghost from her drinking past, a disgraced former high-ranking soldier who has recently been released from prison. She evades him but shortly afterwards is kidnapped and taken to an unknown location in the country.
All our favourite characters make an appearance, Dame Ingrid plays more of a role than previously as she and Lady Di jostle for power in Regents Park. Meanwhile, the brilliantly sketched psychopath Peter Judd continues his bid for power. But as Aretha Franklin said, who's zoomin' who? Inevitably Slough House are dragged into this by all the other players, desperate to have plausible deniability.
After a slight disappointment with the second book, I felt this was right back up there. Loved it.
View all my reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment