Slough House
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In his best and most ambitious novel yet Mick Herron the le Carr of the future (BBC) offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media global finance spycraft and politics that power our modern world. This is a darker scarier Herron. The gags are still there but the satires more biting. The privatization of a secret service op and the manipulation of news is relevant and horribly credible.Ann Cleeves author of the Vera Stanhope series At Slough HouseMI5s London depository for demoted spiesBrexit has taken a toll. The slow horses have been pushed further into the cold Slough House has been erased from official records and its members are dying in unusual circumstances at an unusual clip. No wonder Jackson Lambs crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets? With a new populist movement taking hold of Londons streets and the old order ensuring that everythings for sale to the highest bidder the worlds a dangerous place for those deemed surplus. Jackson Lamb and the slow horses are in a fight for their lives as they navigate dizzying layers of lies power and death.
