8 best-selling espionage 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: 347 pages, Paperback

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

"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

If you liked the espionage plot in Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of A Murder of Quality by John Le Carré

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

2. 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
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

Similar categories in Caimh McDonnell's A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

4. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

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

6. 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)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) by Michael    Connelly

7. 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)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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)

  • mystery thriller
  • 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 Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith

10. 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)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • 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

11. 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)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • 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 A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

12. 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
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13. 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)

  • mystery thriller
  • 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

14. 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
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

15. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

16. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

17. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

18. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) book and Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

19. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

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
  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

20. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

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

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

Cover of Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway

21. Karla's Choice

By: Nick Harkaway

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, writ… read more

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

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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A Murder of Quality

John Le Carré

3.64

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Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

John Le Carré

3.94

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

Paul Vidich

3.96

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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