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London Rules: Jackson Lamb Thriller 5
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER`The UK`s new spy master` Sunday TimesLondon Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one.Cover your arse.Regent`s Park`s First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he`s facing attack from all directions himself: 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; 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, and someone`s trying to kill Roddy Ho.Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. But collectively, they`re about to rediscover their greatest strength – that of making a bad situation much, much worse.It`s a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren`t going to break themselves.******Praise for Mick Herron`The new spy master` Evening Standard`Herron is spy fiction`s great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose` The Times`Herron draws his readers so fully into the world of Slough House that the incautious might find themselves slipping between the pages and transformed from reader to spook` Irish Times