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London rules

Mick Herron

2018326 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2018
first published
  • 2018Soho Crime · 326 pages · ENGISBN 9781616959616
  • 2018Hodder & Stoughton · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781473657403
  • 2018Hodder & Stoughton · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781473657373
  • 2019Soho Press, Incorporated · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9781641290241

"London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one: Cover your arse. 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 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; 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"--

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