London Rules

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Herron, Mick	4-week checkout	Due 04-30-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / Espionage / Herron, Mick	4-week checkout	Due 05-22-2024
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / Espionage / Herron, Mick	4-week checkout	Due 04-29-2024

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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London Rules: CYA submitted by camelsamba on August 22, 2020, 12:56pm What happens when a script to destabilize a developing country instead gets applied on home turf? The line in the publisher's summary - "collectively, they're about to rediscover their greatest strength - that of making a bad situation much, much worse" - accurately places Slough House in the larger scenario, but also downplays their role in identifying the connecting thread. If you read Spook Street you won't be surprised about Roddy Ho's role in the situation. On the plus side, we don't lose any slow horses in this book. But they also don't manage to get rid of Lady Di - Lamb always has something to hold over her head but never enough to get her out of the service.