Slow Horses creator wins crime writers award for ‘reinventing spy thrillers’

Herron’s first novel, Slow Horses, published in 2010, began the series; it was followed by Dead Lions, which received the CWA gold dagger award in 2013; Real Tigers; Spook Street, which snapped up the Ian Fleming steel dagger award in 2017; London Rules; Joe Country; and Slough House.