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The result is a series of extraordinary wit, moral complexity, and genuine thriller tension, adapted into a BAFTA-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. The series comprises \u003cem\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDead Lions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReal Tigers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpook Street\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLondon Rules\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJoe Country\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlough House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBad Actors\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Hours\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also written the standalone \u003cem\u003eDolphin Junction\u003c\/em\u003e story collection. Essential reading for fans of spy fiction, literary thrillers, and darkly comic British writing at its very best.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"clown-town","title":"Clown Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*----Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do.Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book.Regent's Park's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. 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Meanwhile, the country''s being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks.Over at Slough House, the last stop for washed up spies, the crew are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. 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