Slough House book 2 · 2013
Dead Lions
An old Cold War spy is found dead on a bus in Oxford, and Jackson Lamb is convinced it was murder, and that it is linked to a network of Soviet sleeper agents.
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Book facts
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Series
- Slough House, book 2 of 9
- Published
- 2013
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in Dead Lions
8 recurring or key characters from Mick Herron’s chart.
Lead 1
- Jackson LambHead of Slough House, a former Cold War field agent
Major 5
- River CartwrightAgent exiled to Slough House after a training exercise goes wrong
- Catherine StandishSlough House’s administrator, a recovering alcoholic
- Louisa GuySlow horse
- Min HarperSlow horse, Louisa’s partner
- Diana TavernerSecond desk at MI5, later First Desk
Minor and cameo 2
- Roddy HoSlough House’s self-regarding computer expert
- David CartwrightRiver’s grandfather, a retired spymaster known as the O.B.
Also featuring these characters
Other Mick Herron books that share the most characters with Dead Lions.
- Spook Street2017 · Slough House · 7 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- London Rules2018 · Slough House · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Joe Country2019 · Slough House · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Slough House2021 · Slough House · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon