"Dead Lions" (2013 novel)

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"Dead Lions" is a 2013 spy novel by Mick Herron in the Slough House series, following sidelined MI5 agents as they investigate the suspicious death of a former Cold War operative.

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instanceOf Slough House novel
novel
spy novel
author Mick Herron
awardReceived Gold Dagger
surface form: CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year

Gold Dagger
awardYear 2013
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresOrganization Security Service (MI5)
surface form: MI5

Slough House series
surface form: Slough House
followedBy "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)
surface form: Real Tigers
follows Slow Horses
genre spy fiction
thriller
hasFictionalLocation Slow Horses
surface form: Slough House
hasHumorStyle dark comedy
hasSubject Cold War legacy
bureaucracy in espionage
disgraced spies
intelligence services
hasTheme aging spies
institutional failure
loyalty and betrayal
hasTone gritty
satirical
language English
literaryAwardCategory crime novel
mainCharacter Catherine Standish
Jackson Lamb
Louisa Guy
River Cartwright
Roderick Ho
mediaType ebook
print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor blend of espionage and dark humor
depiction of sidelined MI5 agents
partOf Jackson Lamb series
plotFocus suspicious death of a former Cold War operative
publicationYear 2013
publisher John Murray
Soho Press
series Slough House series
surface form: Slough House
setIn London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
timePeriod post-Cold War era

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