Halloween Bingo 2025
Book 9 of the Slough House series and Herron hasn't lost his touch. I read an interview with him where he claimed that what he most enjoyed writing was dialogue, but unfortunately then he had to invent situations for that dialogue to take place in. I find his characters up to the challenge.
Finally, River Cartwright is semi-back in action. He feels mostly recovered from the Novichok on the door knob of his grandfather’s house, but David Cartwright is the dangerous gift that keeps on giving. The O.B.’s library has been donated to the Spooks’ College and a book has gone missing. The graduate student in charge of the donation has identified the book in a video of the collection and it isn't a real title. River isn't yet back at Slough House from medical leave, so he has time to pursue the matter.
Meanwhile, Diana Taverner, the First Desk, is busy trying to get several problems to solve each other and has drafted Jackson Lamb and the slow horses to achieve this goal. Whether this is a wise decision is very questionable. As usual, the past has come back to haunt the present, plus a present day annoyance has reared its head again. Lady Di is determined to slap them all into place.
It's hard to believe that Herron has never been involved in the spy biz. He writes it so well, proving the old axiom that it's the quiet people that you have to watch. He obviously keeps a weather eye on the news of the day, incorporating aspects of current events to give his fictional creation a feeling of reality. There's no shortage of fodder these days, so I assume that Herron has another book percolating in his brain. I'll be thrilled to read it.
I read this book for the Genre: Mystery square of my Halloween Bingo card.
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