Joe Country is another superb episode in the lives of Jackson Lamb and his ‘slow horses’ the rejected spooks from Regent’s Park, the headquarters of MI 5, who now work within the crumbling walls of Slough House.
Mick Herron this time has put four of the slow horses to work as field operatives in ‘joe country’. Louisa has gone looking for someone with a connection to her immediate past and then when Louisa disappears River, Shirley and J K Coe take off to see if they can find her. Louisa’s new friend, Emma Flyte, also becomes involved in the highly dramatic and at times horrifying action
Diana Taverner, the head of MI 5 these days, is up to her usual machinations and a lot of familiar characters appear making this another fabulous read. The story is, as usual, complicated but not convoluted which is how I like my spy fiction. Jackson Lamb, Mick Herron’s brilliant creation, is as repulsive, witty and massively intelligent as ever. He is one of the best characters I have encountered in all my reading years.
I highly recommend this book but to get maximum enjoyment from it I would suggest reading the entire series in order, starting with Slow Horses”.
A combination of high drama and terrifically clever dialogue! 5 out of 5, naturally.
John Murray (Publishers) an Hachette UK company.
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