Real Tigers & Spook Street by Mick Herron (2 books)
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.