Real Tigers & Spook Street by Mick Herron (2 books)
Title: Real Tigers and Spook StreetAuthor: Herron, Mick
Published by: John Murray
Year: 2015 & 2017
First published: John Murray, 2015 & 2017
Date reviewed: 03.24
ISBN: 978-1-47362-123-7 & 978 1 47362 128 2
Numbers 3 and 4 in the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series
After I found the second book in this series a bit disappointing (see ‘Dead Lions’) I was slow getting round to reading the next ones. Happily, ‘Real Tigers’ and then ‘Spook Street’ lived up to the promise of the original ‘Slow Horses’.
The shabby antihero Jackson Lamb is a constant but Herron isn’t afraid to drop some characters and bring in new ones, which gives the series so far the feeling of a continuing saga. Fast-paced, intriguing, and full of people with untrustworthy motives – both books are a good read.