{"product_id":"9781399800433","title":"Clown Town : The Instant Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller from the Author of Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 9)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Herron, Mick \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 September 2025 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Slough House Thriller' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e242 x 166 x 32 | 560g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick HerronSUNDAY TIMES, THRILLER OF THE YEARGUARDIAN, CRIME BOOK OF THE YEARDAILY TELEGRAPH, BOOK OF THE YEARTLS, BOOK OF THE YEARTHE SPECTATOR, BOOK OF THE YEAR----'Mick Herron is our best and most topical spy writer' Ian Rankin'Clown Town is a masterpiece' India Knight, Sunday Times'An authentic megastar of the genre' Sam Leith, Guardian'No one can rival Mick Herron' The Times'A superb thriller' The Spectator'Masterly' Times Literary Supplement, books of the year----Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Regent's Park's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner turns blackmail into opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice. But as far as Jackson Lamb is concerned, the slow horses should all be at their desks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions and fool around, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they're his clowns. And if they don't all come home, there'll be a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Mick Herron's Clown Town was a Sunday Times Number Four bestseller in hardback in the second week of September 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52067790160208,"sku":"9781399800433","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9781399800433_6b697313-a6e1-4b84-800f-9cc2784e1adb.jpg?v=1765990191","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781399800433","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}