The newest ebook edition of Slow Horses author Mick Herron ‘s novel Down Cemetery Road begins with a foreword by Emma Thompson . She recalls first coming across one of Herron’s books on a London bookstore’s “staff recommends” shelf and tearing through it, after which “I instantly read the rest of his work,” she writes.

Thompson is now starring in an Apple TV series based on Down Cemetery Road , and Herron says he’s delighted the Oscar and Emmy winner signed on to the series.

“She was certainly very enthusiastic when she heard that it was being made,” Herron tells The Hollywood Reporter of Thompson’s involvement; in addition to playing private investigator Zoë Boehm, Thompson is also an executive producer. “And obviously, she’s been an absolutely wonderful Zoë. But yes,

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