Slough House book 3 · 2016
Real Tigers
Catherine Standish, Slough House’s administrator, is kidnapped, and her captor demands that River steal a secret file from MI5 headquarters.
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Book facts
- Author
- Mick Herron
- Series
- Slough House, book 3 of 9
- Published
- 2016
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Real Tigers 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 Real Tigers
8 recurring or key characters from Mick Herron’s chart. Introduces Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge.
Lead 1
- Jackson LambHead of Slough House, a former Cold War field agent
Major 4
- River CartwrightAgent exiled to Slough House after a training exercise goes wrong
- Catherine StandishSlough House’s administrator, a recovering alcoholicKidnapped
- Louisa GuySlow horse
- Diana TavernerSecond desk at MI5, later First Desk
Minor and cameo 3
- Roddy HoSlough House’s self-regarding computer expert
- Shirley DanderFirst appearanceSlow horse with a temper
- Marcus LongridgeFirst appearanceSlow horse, a former tactical officer
Also featuring these characters
Other Mick Herron books that share the most characters with Real Tigers.
- London Rules2018 · Slough House · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Joe Country2019 · Slough House · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Slough House2021 · Slough House · 7 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Bad Actors2022 · Slough House · 7 shared charactersBuy on Amazon