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On 28/06/25 09:12, William Hyde wrote:
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> I started the Oxford series but did not continue.
> 
> Otherwise I've read nothing, but am looking forward to "Nobody Walks".

It was published in 2015 so before the third Slough House novel.
The plot and twists are great. Violent and full of suspense.
I have learnt not to trust him with his frequent dishonest implications
creating suspense, switching to another sub plot or people before
revealing what would have spoilt the suspense if known beforehand. I
still love it when he does it but it may have been more obvious in
Nobody Walks or else perhaps I was looking for it?. An example would be
the beginning of the first Slough House book, Slow Horses, where River's
unjust demotion has a double whammy with the revelation that it was not
only a training exercise, but that there was betrayal from a colleague.