Slough House, Book 2 | Dead Lions Dead Lions (2013) Shortly after two Slough House agents are called to protect a visiting Russian oligarch, an old Cold War-era spy is found dead on a bus outside Oxford. "Slough House" is the latest installment. River walks up to Lamb's office, who says he meant to call Sid. Duffy inspects the car Jackson had brought back in, seeing the bomb is a fake, but realizes that there is an intruder as River walks into the building. She and Min Harper had a brief but intense affair which ended in tragic circumstances. Lamb tells him to take all the time he needs as they walk towards reception and River asks for Sid. And will Herron reveal this fact early in the book or leave us hanging throughout? Ingrid asks who they are and Diana confirms they are the Slow Horses. Duncan and Kelly find and untie River, and he is eventually able to convince them of Alexs true identity. In Lamb's car, River asks if the money he took from Moody was his flight fund in case he needed to make a run for it. It then becomes abundantly clear that Duncan has secrets and Rivers cover starts to appear paper-thin, to say the least. River Cartwright is positioned as Lamb's spiritual opposite. Life in Slough House is defined by drudgery. He is reminded of the gravity of the bombing at the train station, which he says is a daily occurrence and Lamb says he would do it on the weekends as well if he did not hate him as much. Read the book and then laugh at my incorrect guesses! She tells him there are better ways to spend his free time, saying that she had only come for her charger after getting drinks. Webb makes fun of him, later telling him that his grandfather had to pull many strings for River to not be expelled from the force altogether. Lamb knew theyd target David and he was forewarned. He is told to stand down as the team locates the real subject, but Cartwright runs towards the man anyway. The driver subsequently drops River off at the Flying Club, which is locked up and abandoned. He tells Alex to phone the police, although she tasers him instead. River falls to the ground as the Russians communicate with each other in their mother tongue. 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River Cartwright is the has-been spy that never was. River decides to give them some space and finds himself by the plane hangar. Leo explains that he is here on business and he then proceeds to ask River about his specific line of work. River tells Ho to get him Alan Black's service record as he tells him that he is confused as to how he even knew where he lived. River makes his way to a safe, where he makes a copy of the files to his computer before finally going to deliver the package. Who is Min Harper? Thats not to say there isnt heartbreak. Hassan tells him he is stupid, but is shot at in his arm. Right from the first book, Herron shows hes not afraid to kill off his creations and some of those deaths hit very hard indeed. Slow Horses Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. River Cartwright is a main character played by Jack Lowden in in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses. Combined with his sense of humor, that's what . They remember Ho and Loy's addresses, so they split up in order to reach them. Judd is delivering a speech in the City of London on the day of the anti-capitalist protest. River asks about Hassan, but Ho says that there was no sign of him. Kellys mother Alex enters the hangar to find River pointing a gun at the Russian spies. He tells them that they are useless and that working with them has been the lowest point in a disappointing career, telling River to follow him. His colleague Sidonie 'Sid' Baker has also been assigned to Hobden, discreetly copying the contents of his USB flash drive in a cafe. Andre Chernitsky is charming the dinner guests. She is one of the most competent agents and appears in every book. She does not reveal who Aunt Zadie is and says that there is a reason she did not tell him why she is in the Slough House. "Slough House is the unlikely venue for a secret romance, but events take a dark turn when a dangerous encounter turns deadly." Slow Horses season 1 episode 4, "Visiting Hours": "Taverner sends the Dogs to hunt down Lamb and the Slow Horses. In Spook Street, the fifth novel in the series, five of the original cast soldier on: Jackson Lamb, the obnoxious old spook who runs the place with a heavy hand; River Cartwright, grandson of the legendary spymaster David "Old Bastard (the O.B. Visit our Drama hub for more news, interviews and features, or find something to watch now with our TV Guide or Streaming Guide. By the time River arrives at Tunbridge Wells by plane with Kelly Tropper, David has already ambushed and killed Chernitsky with a shotgun. The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022. He deduces Katinsky is the spymaster behind the Cicada program (passing himself off as a junior bureaucrat when defecting to avoid suspicion) and was the handler of a traitor in the service. After that, River reaches Hassan and tells him that he needed to stop the bleeding on his arm, so he wraps a belt around his arm. Slough House novels by Mick Herron, the basis for Slow Horses. All the Slow Horses - Book and Film Globe maybe it will. Edwards is perhaps best known for her role as Esme in Peaky Blinders, while she has also starred in Keeping Faith, Inside No 9, Death in Paradise, Detectorists and Luther. Sid gets a call, which she does not answer and goes to her office where River is cleaning up the trash. After locating the photo and evading security, he and Lamb threaten to reveal Taverner's operation to the Director General of MI5 and the press. Ignoring the consequences, River calls up Diana and explains that the bomb is just a hoax. . Peter Judd, now home secretary, has plans to use the situation for his own ends, but his Tiger Team have motives of their own which dont necessarily ally with Judds. The up-and-coming. River makes it to where the group is and tells Ho that he is a dickhead. Joe Country, then Slough House, if you want them in the right order. River takes the footage and meets with Lamb at a back alley restaurant. Theyre worth reading in sequence. Your email address will not be published. Finish it. Roddy is the team's tech guy, who usually likes to keep himself to himself and stay out of the field. Slow Horses Episodes 1 and 2 Recap and Ending, Explained