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I’ve read five of the Slough House books in the last three weeks. They’re great. The plot of this one really grabbed me. I couldn’t put it down.If you’ve been watching the Slow Horses TV series and want to read the books, jump right in. Just close your eyes and pick one. They’re all great.The author Mick Herron does a good job filling in the reader on what’s happened in past books. The characters are lean and realistic. For example, all we know about Diana Taverner is she has piercing wit, nerves of steel and a ruthless constitution. No friends. No family to speak of. Her world and relationships revolve around her job and ambition. Sure, Herron could create an intricate history for her and all the other characters. But then these books would be 1000 page tomes that must be read in sequence. As is, each book stands on its own as a quick, entertaining read conveying exquisite cynicism. Liberals writing for newspapers are the clueless, feckless meek, who wouldn’t know how to wield power if they had it. Workers protesting in the street are ignorant, ineffectual and expendable pawns in a diabolical game of political chess. The politicians and spies think of themselves as superior but much of their “leadership” is venal, petty and cruel and tends to exacerbate political problems, not improve them. Good guys do not exist in these books, just fatally flawed personalities, humorous cynics and fiendish schemers. And, oddly, it’s what makes the books such delightful reads. We all love to hate — especially when it’s in a well written book, with plenty of pop culture references, clever diction, vulgar puns, despicable bigotry and eloquent prose.The ending of Slough House is a bit perplexing. The height of the action climaxes with a good twenty or so pages left to go, and Herron does not neatly tie up all the loose ends, leading me to believe some of the schemes will continue in the next book. But whether they do or not, I plan to keep reading and recommend that you do so as well.