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'London Rules' in the 'Slough House' series by Mick Herron is a fast-paced spy novel filled with bumbling, conniving, and vicious office politics within the British secret service. The story revolves around the slow horses, a group of misfit spies condemned for sins more embarrassing than real, who find themselves involved in a terrorist attack in Derbyshire. Led by the sharp but disreputable head of Slough House, Jackson Lamb, the slow horses must navigate through the complexities of intelligence work while staying one step ahead of the A team spymasters at Regent's Park. The writing style is described as sophisticated, witty, and darkly humorous, with beautiful musings on the banality of everyday life and vivid descriptions of London.
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Content warnings for London Rules include themes of violence, terrorism, and political corruption.
From The Publisher:
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 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.
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.
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