Hints of the Past, Pointers to the Future

I was delighted to read and listen to this short dip into Slough House at Christmas, like a section lifted from a larger novel or an hors d'oeuvre before the main course. Traces of Lamb's murky past and his connection with Molly Doran are interspersed with the familiar office politics and a drop-in visitor to the gloomy building on Aldersgate Street.
Set some weeks, or perhaps a couple of months after Bad Actors, Roddy Ho, with his usual misplaced Rodfidence, sees himself as Jackson Lamb's right-hand man and is set a technical task at 4pm on Christmas Eve, just as the other Slow Horses are debating a venue for their festive drinks.
Lamb states that he "...doesn't do memories" but the secrets of the past will certainly come back to haunt him and perhaps affect the future of all at Slough House as a monochrome photograph is returned to a file marked "Pending".
Read with his accustomed, brilliant skill by the excellent Sean Barrett, this is another little peek behind the veil of Jackson Lamb's former life, which enticingly only adds to his mystery...

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Hmmmf

I love the Slough House books, the characters, wit and narration are superb. However I do very much resent having to keep buying the prologue as a separate tiny book like this. This means of fleecing me of an extra Audible credit is a good cash making scheme from whoever came up with the idea (probably Lamb himself).

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Intriguing!

Bring on the next book. As always the end always leaves me wanting more. Just love Seans delivery he’s superb at setting the characters and scene.

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Waste of money

How can Audible justify the full price for this book - it’s a taster. Don’t buy

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What happens next then?

Intriguing vignette between three of our favourite characters, but is it a set up for the next full length novel? I hope so 🤞

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Waste of money

Should be in a collection of short story book with 5/6 others for the money. Audio rip off I'm afraid. Obviously love the characters but just feel cheated

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Short and boring

I was expecting far more excitement which never arrived. But it was well narrated though. Not really worth the price imho

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Quality over Quantity

This is definitely one for the cognoscenti, those that love the interplay between Jackson Lamb and his minions, especially the deliciously deluded Roddy Ho. It also gives real substance to an apparent background character - Molly Doran. It reaches into Jackson and Molly's shared past and hints at future revelations. It also reveals what happened after River was, presumably, fatally poisoned at the end of the last novel. This is like a brilliant trailer for what is coming next in the book series and I, for one, can't wait.

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Less is more

I love the idea of people basing their review score on how long a book is. Like Shakespeare is only considered a renowned author because the plays were at least nice and long. This tells you more about Jackson Lamb than some of the other books in the series. You see something here that might not be visible elsewhere. The fact you see more about him in an hour than in titles ten times longer is an illustration of the skill of the author. It reveals more because it feels like a tiny window through which you have seen something interesting. Makes you think, doesn't it

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Barely over an hour long

This should have been described as a short story. A waste of an audible credit..

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