London Rules - Slough House Author:Mick Herron Ian Fleming. John le Carr�. Len Deighton. Mick Herron. The brilliant plotting of Herron?s twice CWA Dagger Award-winning Slough House series of spy novels is matched only by his storytelling gift and an ear for viciously funny political satire. — ?Mick Herron is the John le Carr� of our generation.?�?Val McDermid — At MI5 headquarters Regent?s Par... more »k, First Desk Claude Whelan is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he?s facing attack from all directions: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten; from the showboat?s wife, a tabloid columnist, who?s crucifying Whelan in print; from the PM?s favorite Muslim, who?s about to be elected mayor of the West Midlands, despite the dark secret he?s hiding; and especially from his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner, who?s alert for Claude?s every stumble. Meanwhile, the country?s being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks.
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Over at Slough House, the MI5 satellite office for outcast and demoted spies, the agents are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. Plus someone is trying to kill Roddy Ho. But collectively, they?re about to rediscover their greatest strength?that of making a bad situation much, much worse.
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It?s a good thing Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren?t going to break themselves.« less