Seriously, this guy is operating at a level so far beyond. All his Slough House books, the novellas, the stand alones (including Secret Hours, which I’m currently reading) are *so so so good*.
To me his work is the perfect example of genre meeting voice. Spy novels abound, all with the same tropes of shady characters, betrayal, obsession, etc etc. But no one can write the like Herron. How his sense of humour interacts with character and story is just astounding. When I read Slow Horses, I actually took a little bit of time to “get it”, because I wasn’t sure if it was a comedy or a drama. But then I realised it was something else: a Mick Herron novel.
Every time he appears to be capturing lightning in a bottle, but he keeps doing it, over and over.
This is kind of an incoherent ramble but I just remain astounded at what he can do.
by RightioThen