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Gold Dagger Award · 2013 · Winner

Soho CrimeJuly 2, 2013mystery-crimeISBN 9781616952921

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Gold Dagger Award	2013	Winner	“Mick Herron's second Slough House novel won for its dark wit, its masterful plotting, and the way it transformed Cold War spy fiction into something entirely contemporary.”

About This Book

The second Slough House novel: a disgraced spy is found dead on a bus, and Jackson Lamb's team of rejects is pulled into a Cold War conspiracy that never quite ended.

About the Author

Mick HerronGB

Mick Herron is a British author best known for his Slough House spy thriller series, featuring the brilliantly conceived MI5 reject Jackson Lamb and his team of 'slow horses'—intelligence agents sidelined for mistakes or disloyalty. The series has been adapted into a critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Herron studied English Literature at Oxford and worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer. Read more →