‘Slow Horses’ Fans Are Missing Apple TV’s Near-Perfect Mick Herron Thriller

Apple TV’s *Down Cemetery Road*, an adaptation of Mick Herron’s detective novels, is presented as a strong companion to *Slow Horses* that also stands on its own. The thriller follows an Oxford woman’s efforts to find a missing child after an explosion, a search that uncovers a suspected government-linked black-ops operation.

The eight-episode series stars Emma Thompson as private investigator Zoë Boehm and Ruth Wilson as neighbour Sarah Trafford, with Adam Godley as investigator Joe Silvermann. After authorities attribute the blast, which kills two adults and injures their daughter Dinah, to a faulty gas main, Sarah doubts the explanation; the pursuit leads from Oxford to a Scottish island. The article says a second season was renewed, with pre-production under way.