Bad actors /
Herron, Mick,
Bad actors / Mick Herron. - London, UK : John Murray, 2022. - 340 pages ; 24 cm. - Slough house ; 8 . - Herron, Mick. Slough house ; 08. .
"Politics is a dangerous game" --Cover.
In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster, a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate, has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation. There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.
9781529378719 9781529378702 9781399801669
Lamb, Jackson, (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Great Britain. MI5 --Fiction.
Missing persons--Investigation--Fiction.
Intelligence service--Great Britain--Fiction.
Spies--Fiction.
UK & IRL thriller / suspense fiction
Spy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
Spy stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Fiction.
823.92
Bad actors / Mick Herron. - London, UK : John Murray, 2022. - 340 pages ; 24 cm. - Slough house ; 8 . - Herron, Mick. Slough house ; 08. .
"Politics is a dangerous game" --Cover.
In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster, a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate, has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation. There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.
9781529378719 9781529378702 9781399801669
Lamb, Jackson, (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Great Britain. MI5 --Fiction.
Missing persons--Investigation--Fiction.
Intelligence service--Great Britain--Fiction.
Spies--Fiction.
UK & IRL thriller / suspense fiction
Spy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
Spy stories.
Detective and mystery stories.
Fiction.
823.92
