Real Tigers (#3 Slough House)

Author: Mick Herron

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Price : 22.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781473674202
Publisher : John Murray Press
Imprint : John Murray Publishers Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.294
Publication date : March 2017
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 22mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 22.99
Availability date : July 2017
Out of print date : June 2022
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Author : Mick Herron
Series : Slough House Thriller
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Edition : 1
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 813
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER AND THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

'If you read one spy novel this year, read Real Tigers' The Spectator

'The finest new crime series this millennium' Mail on Sunday

Catherine Standish knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks.She's worked in the Intelligence Service long enough to understand treachery, double-dealing and stabbing in the back.What she doesn't know is why anyone would target her: a recovering drunk pushing paper with the other lost causes in Jackson Lamb's kingdom of exiles at Slough House.Whoever it is holding her hostage, it can't be personal. It must be about Slough House. Most likely, it is about Jackson Lamb.And say what you like about Lamb, he'll never leave a joe in the lurch.He might even be someone you could trust with your life . . .

Awards

Short-listed for CWA Daggers: Steel 2016 (UK) and Crimefest Last Laugh Award 2017 (UK) and CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2016 (UK) and Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2017 (UK).

Author description

Mick Herron's first Jackson Lamb novel - the Steel-Dagger nominated Slow Horses - was described as the 'most enjoyable British spy novel in years' by the Mail on Sunday. The second Jackson Lamb novel, Dead Lions, won the 2013 CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger, and was picked by the Sunday Times as one of the best twenty-five crime novels of the past five years. Mick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and now lives in Oxford.