Provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

Once again, this was a really good read. I can’t say I feel for the Slow Horses, but I do prefer them over the other spooks. They did a grand job in this story. The characters are definitely well written and the plot is very twisty and turny and I really enjoyed that. I’m so intrigued about what’s going to happen next, I think I’m going to read the next one straight away.

This was a really slow paced book.  Sometimes I found it a little boring and my mind kept wandering away from the book.  When I returned back to the book, it was so slow, that I found that nothing had happened anyway.  There were quite a few characters and because I couldn’t really get totally into it, I found it tricky to remember who was who and when I got to the end, I wasn’t even 100% sure what had happened.  Not really my cup of tea I’m afraid.

This was the first in Mike Herron's Lamb series that I read. It is well written, with a brilliant plot, and is responsible for getting me totally hooked on this series of unputdownable books.

With thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me a copy of the book in exchange for this honest review.

This is a really odd book. I can't decide whether it is utterly brilliant, or  complete farce. Or chillingly realistic. I think I'm siding towards a preference and I'm intrigued enough by the totally unique writing style to want to read another book. Like nothing I've ever read before.  I read the 5th one first and then couldn't really face the others, so one it is.

Another great outing for the Slow Horses, with the trademark twisty plot and great dialogue. Also a nice satirical take on our political overlords!

This series is slowly getting better for me, but I still wouldn't call it brilliant. I'm not a fan of the characters, who in this book felt a little bit childish. The plot is still incredibly thin, to make way for the characters. I just found it really boring.

Really enjoyable and can’t wait to read Book 4 of Slough House series.  For full review please go to https://joebloggshere.tumblr.com/post/180102708376/real-tigers-by-mick-herron-this-is-the-third-book

The Slough House saga continues with more adventures for the Secret Service misfits. We get more insight into the enigma that is Jackson Lamb - a move which is to be welcomed because I haven’t been able to get much of a handle on him so far.  Glad to see that the overarching Taverner / Tearney feud is continuing - hopefully this will be resolved in the next book{s} otherwise I might feel a bit cheated!

I loved the entire series of Slough House books from Mick Herron, and this doesn't disappoint. More shenanigans from Jackson and his team of misfits. Excellent read.

Real tigers continues the Jackson Lamb series. Yes it’s a bit same-ey, in that the “slow horses” of Slough House are a down trodden lack lustre group of mis-fits and disaster prone individuals who come good; rise to the occasion and end up as heroes, but the characterisation of the individuals is superb, the humour and intrigue are well scripted and if you enjoy spy stories you’ll love it.

Here’s hoping that the next in the series breaks this particular formulaic principle, otherwise you will feel “read this; bought the tee shirt nothing new”. Mick Herron is too good an author to fall into this trap

This is the 3rd book in the 'Slough House' series by author Mick Herron. Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who have messed up a case. The "slow horses," are given menial tasks rather than be trusted on bigger cases.

This book - the third in Mick Herron's "Slough House" series - did not disappoint.  I am reading the books back to back - something I have not done with a series for quite some time.

Further adventures (though the book could easily be read as a stand-alone) of the misfit spooks and their erstwhile leader Jackson Lamb.  This time, we start to see through Jackson's apparent contempt for his team when one of their number is kidnapped, a step too far for him to accept!

The slow horses bond and develop as they spring into action - providing an alternative view and  counterpoint to the activities of the "real" spooks and their puppeteers.  There are (as ever) some darkly comic moments, and further insights into the various members of the team (including the newer members, who are seeking a way to make their mark).

Sub-plots are carefully woven to provide a satisfying tapestry, with more than a nod to current day politics and characters.

Another good read...and being hooked on this series, I'm moving straight on to the next one!

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this in return for my honest review.

Another fantastic Jackson Lamb novel! The humour, fast-pacing and imaginative storylines make these books unputdownable.

A fantastic read. Thoroughly enjoyed this and it is not something I would usually pick up. Will look for more from this author in future.

I love these books - how to make failed spies sound good!  The prose is rivetting, amusing and well crafted.  I could not put them down and read each one avidly.

Another thrilling outing from Jackson Lamb and the Slough house team. As always reads as a action packed film full of relatable characters and twists and turns.

As this is my third review of a book from Mick Herron's series on the crazy, wonderful goings on at Slough House - that MI5 Annex for troublesome losers who somehow emerge from crises smelling of roses - there's not a lot to add. The writing is again fast-paced and sprinkled with both highly effective prose and the off-beat humour that regular readers will come to expect from another Slow Horses outing. The author's style may at first seem somewhat idiosyncratic- but I would urge readers to persist and they will surely come to enjoy making the acquaintance of the MI5 misfits who have found their home in Slough House, under the inimitable leadership of Jackson Lamb. Highly recommended

Catherine Standish, Slow Horse and alcoholic, finds herself taken hostage – but she is confined in a self-catering let with en-suite bathroom and is served wine with her evening meal, her captors, two ex-soldiers and a young man with tattoos.  What sort of hostage scenario is this? What can the soldiers (one of whom is an old acquaintance and has just been released from prison) want?
As usual in Mick Herron’s espionage novels the real villains are the spies themselves, at least those who are in the upper echelons of the Regent Park hierarchy. And there is a very slow reveal here of how the Catherine Standish kidnapping relates to amoral and immoral activities in the pasts of some of MI5’s most important people. There is also another villain, a blond, floppy haired MP with a penchant for using words such as ‘Blimey!’ or ‘Cripes!’ (at least in public), and who is clearly not a fictional construct of a real-life MP with similar foibles.
In addition, there are the Slow horses themselves, the failed spies of Slough House, who have the most refined ability to create mayhem and chaos. The whole plot culminates in a violent shoot-out in a converted underground bunker facility. Moral compromise ensues, with a victory of sorts for the Slow Horses, if not for anyone else.

Within the Intelligence service the battle goes on, the establishment, the demoted and put out to grass, the ring leader (Lamb) and a stray piece of Mozzerella - all trying to create a stink or hide one. This book (3rd in the series) takes us a little deeper into the individuals involved with a plot that, unfortunately, I find all to believable but does as a good book should and keeps your nose in it. For me this type of book entertains in a warm action thriller type way but is a wotsit for leaving those loose ends each time leaving you waiting on the next in series.

Great!  the best Slow Horses so far.  A thinly disguised Boris Johnson is the antihero Home Secretary.  Internecine warfare goes on at the Park and the Slow HOrses are dragged into an operation.  Many dead as usual, and new characters to replace those who dropped out last time.  Thoroughly enjoyable read