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Mick Herron, born in Newcastle, England in 1963, is a master of British spy novels and a famous writer of suspense novels. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford's oldest and most prestigious college, with a BA in English. Represented as the "Flower" series. The series has been hailed as the best series of spy novels of the millennium. Herron won the 2013 British Crime Writers Association Golden Dagger Award for "Dead Lion", the second book in the "Fugitive" series. He is hailed as the successor of John le Carré and the king of spy novels in the new era. The New York Times, The Sunday Times and other media praised him as the most outstanding living suspense novel writer in the UK. In 2025, Herron received the Diamond Dagger Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Crime Writers Association, in recognition of his outstanding contribution and continued success in this field.

The original novel of the popular TV series Liuren series. One of the protagonists dies suddenly? It involves his complicated life experience and the shocking secrets of three generations. David Cartwright has been retired from intelligence for twenty years, but he still knows where all the bones are buried. As he suffered from dementia in his later years, he suddenly became a target. Jackson Lamb worked with Cartwright. He knows better than most that the "old guy" is not fragile - a "vicious old spy with blood on his hands" might be a more accurate description of him. The "old guy" wants to raise his grandson to be a hero, not a lowly. But now, instead of joining the myths and legends of Spy Street, River Cartwright becomes a member of Lamb's desperate Slough Squad. So when the "old guy's" panic button sounded the alarm at Regent's Park headquarters, Lamb was called to identify the body. And Lamb will do whatever he thinks is necessary to protect an agent in danger... The masterpiece of Mick Herron, winner of the Diamond Dagger Award, the world's highest award in the mystery industry, and the adapted series of the same name won multiple nominations for the Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. Hailed by foreign media as the successor of John Le Carré, he has counterattacked from a "social animal" to the king of spy novels in the new era.

The original novel of the hit TV series "Flower" series, a masterpiece of spy novels in the new era. Presents a delightfully corrosive vision of British intelligence - the workplace as a shura. Welcome to Jackson Lamb's realm: Slough House, a refuge for frustrated spies. This is a group of people who have been abandoned by the times. They were once high-spirited, but now they have become dejected slaves, doomed to a life of dealing with irrelevant documents. In the boring and musty office, these well-trained agents complained, quarreled with each other, stared at the yellowed walls and had sweet dreams - they all hoped to return to the organization and continue their espionage career. So when a young man is kidnapped and held hostage, about to be executed live on the Internet, the gangsters find a chance to redeem themselves. They must race against time to save the boy, or a public execution will cause uproar around the world. It doesn't matter, they are the famous Slough team and they always have a way to make things worse...