Friday, September 19, 2025

London Rules by Mick Herron

 


Someone is trying to kill Roddy Ho of Slough House, the agency for failed spies.  One of his coworkers sees a car aiming at him and tackles him, saving his life and getting complaints for hurting his phone.  Everyone at Slough House has no trouble believing that someone is trying to take Roddy out but what none of them can believe is that Roddy has a girlfriend and not only a girlfriend but a gorgeous one.

In other news, things are dicey in London.  A massacre has occurred at a shopping mall and J.K Coe, the newest Slow Horse, sent over from Psychological Evaluation, has remembered something.  There is a list of how to create an unstable government and it seems whoever is out there killing is following it.  How did they get it?  Will they follow it exactly?  What comes next?

This is the fifth book in the Slough House series.  There is lots of political infighting and jockeying as Britain prepares for elections.  Jackson Lamb remains the same, gruff, never met a rule he didn't like breaking and full of secrets about those in power.  He alternately berates and protects those in his Slough House and does whatever it takes.  This book is recommended for spy thriller readers. 

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