When one of their own is kidnapped, the washed-up MI5 operatives of
Slough House--the Slow Horses, as they're known--outwit rogue agents at
the very highest levels of British Intelligence, and even to Downing
Street itself.
London: Slough House is the MI5 branch where disgraced operatives are
reassigned after they've messed up too badly to be trusted with real
intelligence work. The "Slow Horses," as the failed spies of Slough
House are called, are doomed to spend the rest of their careers pushing
paper, but they all want back in on the action.
When one of their own is kidnapped and held for ransom, the agents of
Slough House must defeat the odds, overturning all expectations of their
competence, to breach the top-notch security of MI5's intelligence
headquarters, Regent's Park, and steal valuable intel in exchange for
their comrade's safety. The kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg,
however--the agents uncover a larger web of intrigue that involves not
only a group of private mercenaries but the highest authorities in the
Secret Service. After years spent as the lowest on the totem pole, the
Slow Horses suddenly find themselves caught in the midst of a conspiracy
that threatens not only the future of Slough House, but of MI5 itself.
