by TheOstrich » 01 Aug 2019, 18:25
I've recently managed to pick up and read 4 of the 6 "Jackson Lamb" MI5 spy thrillers by the Oxfordshire-based author Mick Herron.
He'd had excellent reviews in the Times and other papers, but I found his books very difficult to get hold of - small-scale publisher, I think. I struck lucky and found them last month in an independent bookshop in Castle Cary, Somerset.
The books are very witty, darkly humorous, with lots of sharply-drawn characters. I'll be looking out for more of his books - I believe he's also written a private detective series, set in Oxford itself.