Join us for a spectacular evening with the greatest living thriller writer in Britain - Mick Herron - as he takes audiences inside the world of Slough House.
About Mick's latest 'Slough House' Thriller Clown Town:
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Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do.
Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and withhis grandfather - a legendary former spy - long dead, River investigates the secrets of theold man's library, and a mysteriously missing book.
Regent's Park's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner turns blackmail into opportunity.
Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice. But as far as Jackson Lamb is concerned, the slow horses should all be at their desks.
Because when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions and fool around, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.
But they're his clowns. And if they don't all come home, there'll be a reckoning.
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Clown Town will be the ninth book in the Slough House series and is full of Mick's exhilarating plotting, scabrous dialogue, acid-like political observations, written in his unique and inimitable style. Clown Town will publish three and half years since the last Slough House novel (Bad Actors), the longest gap between any Slough House books, so this is a publication we are all desperate to read!
Expect an insightful evening of thrilling storytelling from “A master of espionage fiction” (The Observer), with a chance to ask questions of the man widely regarded as the greatest living thriller writer in Britain.
This event is for long-time fans and novices alike. There will be something for everyone.
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About the author:
Mick Herron is the No1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the ‘Slough House’ thrillers, which have been published in over twenty-five languages and are the basis of the award-winning TV series Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. Among his other novels are the Zoë Boehm series, also now adapted for TV starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson, and the standalone novels The Secret Hours and Nobody Walks.
Mick's awards include the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Gold, Steel and Diamond Dagger (Lifetime Achievement). Mick hales from Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford.
Event details:
⏰ Date: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
🕕 Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Doors open 6:30PM)
📍 Venue: The Citadel (York City Church), Gillygate, York YO31 7EA
The evening includes:
- Author discussion and interview (Chair to be announced)
- Audience Q&A
- Book signing opportunity with Mick after the main event
- An unforgettable experience
- Copies of Mick’s other books will be available for purchase on the night
For those purchasing book and ticket, books can be collected in-store on any day from publication day (11 September) or on the night of the event. If you would like your book posted to you in advance of the event, please contact Criminally Good Books via email at hello@criminallygoodbooks.co.uk
♿ Accessibility: The Citadel is accessible to wheelchair users with level access from the Gillygate entrance. There is a lift facility between both floors of the Hall and an accessible toilet on the ground floor.
Please note: event tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable.
