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A review by ja_hopkins
Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
4.0
Having watched the first season of the Apple TV adaptation of Mick Herron's Slough House series, I thought I would try one of his novels.
We meet Tom Bettany, and ex-MI5 operative in France, scrapping a living in an abattoir. Long since retired, her receives a message with the news that his estranged son has died. Bettany returns to London, and learns his son Liam fell from his balcony, where he was smoking pot. Bettany’s past makes London a dangerous place, and it does not take long for him to come to the attention on the higher ups at MI5. Was his sons death an accident? And why is the head of MI5 taking an interest?
Overall this is a good read. Although I cannot put my finger on why, the style seems unusual – perhaps the sentences are sharper and cut off than some. It is certainly gritty and dark, which was as expected from the tone of the TV show. I will be dipping into the Slough House novels.
We meet Tom Bettany, and ex-MI5 operative in France, scrapping a living in an abattoir. Long since retired, her receives a message with the news that his estranged son has died. Bettany returns to London, and learns his son Liam fell from his balcony, where he was smoking pot. Bettany’s past makes London a dangerous place, and it does not take long for him to come to the attention on the higher ups at MI5. Was his sons death an accident? And why is the head of MI5 taking an interest?
Overall this is a good read. Although I cannot put my finger on why, the style seems unusual – perhaps the sentences are sharper and cut off than some. It is certainly gritty and dark, which was as expected from the tone of the TV show. I will be dipping into the Slough House novels.