Sidelined MI5 agents, dubbed 'slow horses,' toil in obscurity until a young man's abduction and threatened online beheading pulls them into a web of hidden agendas and redemption.
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Sidelined MI5 agents, dubbed 'slow horses,' toil in obscurity until a young man's abduction and threatened online beheading pulls them into a web of hidden agendas and redemption.
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Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a secret file on a train, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations - the slow horses - and bitterest among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations. But when a young man is abducted, and it's threatened that he'll be beheaded live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief mentions of cyberstalking and implied sexual interests; no on-page scenes.
Violence & gore
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Frequent violence including gunfights, kidnapping, torture, gore, blood, and injury details; threat of beheading.
Profanity
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Recurring use of expletives and strong language in dialogue and narration.
Substance use
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Depictions of alcohol abuse among agents, portrayed as contributing to their failures; some cautionary elements.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Themes of political intrigue, conspiracy theories, and intelligence agency dysfunction within MI5.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of physical abuse, torture, racism, prejudice against outsiders, anti-Muslim sentiment, hate crimes, and kidnapping.
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