18 Best thriller books like Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed…

If you liked the thriller plot in Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

1. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Murder of Quality by John Le Carré

2. A Murder of Quality

By: John Le Carré

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Murder of Quality book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) by John Le Carré

3. Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

John le Carre classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of interna… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

4. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

5. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

8. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) by Adrian McKinty

10. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

Similar categories in Adrian McKinty's The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

11. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

12. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6) by Robert Galbraith

13. The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.12

Format: 1391 pages, Hardcover

This installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran … read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Life in squats with my mother hadn't really prepared me for what to expect from the aristocracy. On balance, I'd have to say people were a lot better behaved in the squats."

-Robert Galbraith, The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6)

Cover of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith

14. The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.61

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Wace's charm and ease of manner, his smile, his warmth, had vanished. Once before, Strike had faced a killer whose eyes, under the stress and excitement of hearing his crimes described, had become as…"

-Robert Galbraith, The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)

Cover of The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) by Tana French

15. The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

By: Tana French

4.12

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is… read more

Similar categories in Tana French's The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She'll bake bread and make jam, because she likes those made her way, but she says she cooked a good meal from scratch every night of her marriage, and now if she wants to live mainly off toasted san…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

"Trey has a bone-deep mistrust of marriage or anything resembling it. She knows that Lena sometimes stays the night at Cal's place, but Lena also has a place of her own, which she can go back to whene…"

-Tana French, The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)

Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

16. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

Similar categories in David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

17. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

18. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

19. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

20. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

Cover of The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman

21. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

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4.11

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John Le Carré

3.64

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John Le Carré

3.94

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David McCloskey

4.21

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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Mick Herron

4.29

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David Ignatius

4.10

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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