London Rules

ByMick Herron

Release Date: 2018-06-05
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 657 Ratings

Description

THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV

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 the ropes 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.

Reviews

Didn’t enjoy as much as the previous books
3
By TigersJC86
This was probably my least favorite Slough House novel to date. There are so expected comedic parts but the overall story didn’t work as well for me.
Don’t wait!
5
By Scadootch
Jonesing for the next season of Slow Horses on TV, I decided to make my own series and picked up the books by Mick Herron. They are everything the show is and more of course because they come direct from the (slow) horse’s mouth, the fevered imagination of Mick Herron, from which this amazing psychotic twisted & darkly hilarious world springs. LONDON RULES is a blast; Don’t miss a single one of these transporting thrillers!
Sharp as a razor.
5
By Lou Vest
My favorite so far
London Rules
5
By Herbaceum
Cynical, well written, humorous, pithy