by Patrick Ogle
Bad Actors by Mick Herron is the latest Slough House book.
Shortly after starting the 8th novel in the Slough House series the reason for the books' appeal became clear to me. It isn't the characters or the plot or the action or the humor. It is that we all relate to the denizens of Slough House. Who hasn't had a pointless, tedious job with an awful boss?
Sure usually fewer of our co-workers are killed in a given workday but let's not quibble over that. It is also true that the worst bosses most of us have had pale next to Jackson Lamb (based on the various smells that seem to emanate from any segment he features in.., and yes, Herron makes it so that you can ALMOST smell it).
This latest entry has tons of changes to the trajectory of the series, to the point that you might wonder how much longer it will continue. In true Herron fashion there were several side plot lines and character that I wasn't terribly interested in--until I suddenly was. There is a point to everything put before you in these books and they are incredibly hard to put down.
Next up for me are the collected novellas after which I will wait for book number 9!
Bad Actors by Mick Herron is the latest Slough House book.
Shortly after starting the 8th novel in the Slough House series the reason for the books' appeal became clear to me. It isn't the characters or the plot or the action or the humor. It is that we all relate to the denizens of Slough House. Who hasn't had a pointless, tedious job with an awful boss?
Sure usually fewer of our co-workers are killed in a given workday but let's not quibble over that. It is also true that the worst bosses most of us have had pale next to Jackson Lamb (based on the various smells that seem to emanate from any segment he features in.., and yes, Herron makes it so that you can ALMOST smell it).
This latest entry has tons of changes to the trajectory of the series, to the point that you might wonder how much longer it will continue. In true Herron fashion there were several side plot lines and character that I wasn't terribly interested in--until I suddenly was. There is a point to everything put before you in these books and they are incredibly hard to put down.
Next up for me are the collected novellas after which I will wait for book number 9!
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