Mick Herron

CLOWN TOWN: SLOW HORSES AND A QUANTUM OF SOLECISM

Richard Cotter / 9 October 2025

Is it the plot or the characters or the Molotov malapropisms engineered for maximum blast, a quantum of solecism, that make CLOWN TOWN a classic? All three is the uncrypted answer.

CLOWN TOWN is the ninth and latest of Mick …

Literature

london rules: spies, lies and full of surprise

Richard Cotter / 14 February 2018

“The killers arrived in a sand coloured jeep and made short work of the village.”

From the shattering first line of this shockingly entertaining thriller, LONDON RULES lives up to all its exacting expectations as the latest instalment …