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
Dead Lions on screen
- Slow Horses (2022–, series, Apple TV). Gary Oldman plays the slovenly, brilliant Jackson Lamb, who runs Slough House, the MI5 office where disgraced spies are sent to see out their careers.
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