Joe Country

In the murky world of Slough House, where disgraced MI5 agents are relegated to career purgatory, the lines between life and death, loyalty and betrayal, blur even further. A dead man's phone rings, an unwelcome guest crashes a funeral, and the slow horses are once again dragged into a dangerous game. Catherine Standish battles her old demons, Louisa Guy grapples with a past love, and the enigmatic new recruit Lech Wicinski embarks on a desperate quest to uncover who ruined his career, a path that threatens to consume him entirely. Meanwhile, at Regent's Park, First Desk Diana Taverner faces her own power struggles, contemplating unsavory alliances to maintain control. Even the notoriously reclusive Jackson Lamb cannot ignore the dried blood on his carpets. When the perpetrator finally surfaces, Lamb unleashes his motley crew into the perilous 'joe country' – the real world of espionage outside of official channels. This time, the stakes are higher than ever, and not all of them are guaranteed to return.