"Real Tigers" (2016 novel)

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"Real Tigers" is a 2016 spy novel by Mick Herron in the Slough House series, following disgraced MI5 agents as they uncover political conspiracies within the British intelligence establishment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Slough House novel
novel
spy novel
author Mick Herron
centralOrganization Security Service (MI5)
surface form: MI5

Slough House series
surface form: Slough House
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
followedBy Spook Street
genre spy fiction
thriller
hasAntagonisticForce political advisers in government
senior MI5 leadership
hasProtagonistGroup Slough House agents
language English
literaryStyle dark comedy
satire of intelligence bureaucracy
mainCharacter Catherine Standish
Jackson Lamb
Louisa Guy
River Cartwright
Roderick Ho
mediaType print
narrativeFocus disgraced MI5 agents
notableAward shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
partOf Jackson Lamb series
plotElement blackmail of government officials
kidnapping of a Slough House agent
political conspiracy within British intelligence
power struggle inside MI5
precededBy Dead Lions
publicationYear 2016
publisher John Murray
publisherImprint John Murray Press
surface form: John Murray Publishers
series Slough House series
surface form: Slough House
setting London, England
surface form: London

MI5 headquarters
Slough House series
surface form: Slough House
subject British intelligence
surface form: British intelligence services

bureaucratic incompetence
government corruption
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary Britain
workInSeriesNumber 3

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Slow Horses thirdSeasonBasedOn "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)
"Dead Lions" (2013 novel) followedBy "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)
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Mick Herron notableWork "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)
this entity surface form: Real Tigers
Jackson Lamb appearsIn "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)
this entity surface form: Real Tigers