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Clown Town by Mick Herron

By DeathBecomesHer

1 October, 2025

Fans of Mick Herron, and Slow Horses in particular, have been mightily spoiled these past few weeks. First came the arrival of Clown Town, book nine in the Slough House series, closely followed by the arrival on Apple TV+ of series five of the series…

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The 007 best spy shows to try in 2025

By Paul Burke

2 September, 2025

With season five of Slow Horses set to begin streaming on Apple TV+ from 24 September 2025, we realised that over the last few years there’s been a deluge of espionage on television and across the streaming services. For anyone who’s been bitten by the…

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Win Slow Horses! Signed special 15th anniversary edition

By crimefictionlover

20 August, 2025

On Saturday 23 August 2025, we’re giving away something special – a signed, 15th anniversary special edition of Slow Horses by Mick Herron. We’ll announce the competition and how to enter on our Facebook page on Saturday morning. In the meantime, watch the video above…

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Welcome To Cottonmouth by Jay S Bell

By RoughJustice

5 August, 2025

Hidden in the Piney Woods of East Texas is the small town of Cottonmouth. Little more than a hotel, a garage, a diner and a few residential streets, Cottonmouth almost seems to be avoiding drawing attention to itself. Cottonmouth Motor Court, the hotel, has a…

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The King’s Agent by Rosemary Hayes

By Erin Britton

28 July, 2025

November 1808. The return to England following service in the Peninsula War has not been a welcome one for former Captain Will Fraser. Having lost his commission and been drummed out of his regiment on trumped-up charges of cowardice and insubordination, he has naught to…

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Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulhu by Cynthia von Buhler

By crimefictionlover

9 July, 2025

We don’t review many graphic novels on Crime Fiction Lover, but I wish we did. The artistry and imagination on display in books like Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulhu provides us with plenty of reasons to. So, here’s the skinny… and there’s plenty of…

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Kill Them with Kindness by Will Carver

By Sharon Richardson

2 June, 2025

Will Carver’s latest book, Kill Them with Kindness, is a speculative thriller that will take you to totally unexpected places. As you’ll know if you’ve read books like Nothing Important Happened Today or Psychopaths Anonymous, this is an author who creates wildly original plots that…

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First look: Clown Town by Mick Herron

By crimefictionlover

7 April, 2025

While Slow Horses has become a smash success on AppleTV+, it’s been three years since we’ve seen Jackson Lamb and his unmerry band of MI5 misfits on the pages of a new novel. That changes in September, when Oxford-based author Mick Herron will resume Lamb’s…

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Clown Town by Mick Herron

The 007 best spy shows to try in 2025

Win Slow Horses! Signed special 15th anniversary edition

Welcome To Cottonmouth by Jay S Bell

The King’s Agent by Rosemary Hayes

Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulhu by Cynthia von Buhler

Kill Them with Kindness by Will Carver

First look: Clown Town by Mick Herron

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