London Rules (Slough House)
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV
Ian Fleming. John le Carré. 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 Carré of our generation.”—Val McDermid
At MI5 headquarters Regent’s Park, First Desk Claude Whelan is learning the ropes 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.
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.
It’s a good thing Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren’t going to break themselves.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In Mick Herron’s fifth Slough House novel, the rules collapse in chaos, leaving the slow horses caught in the fallout. An attack in a quiet Derbyshire village shocks the nation, sparking fear, finger-pointing, and a string of bizarre follow-ups. At Regent’s Park, Claude Whelan struggles to shield a beleaguered prime minister while political rivals and a hostile press circle for blood. Meanwhile, at Slough House, the misfit spies wrestle with their usual demons—grief, rage, and addiction—while delusional hacker Roddy Ho suddenly finds himself at the center of a wider conspiracy. Forced into action, Jackson Lamb’s ragtag crew demonstrate once again their captivatingly peculiar gift for turning disaster into something even worse. Herron blends political farce with genuine menace, critiquing power and vanity while grounding the story in his characters’ vulnerabilities. Gerard Doyle’s narration makes tense scenes crackle with unease without losing the undercurrent of black comedy. Darkly funny and disturbingly timely, London Rules is Herron at his most incisive.
