02213cam a2200325 i 4500 1855933303 TxAuBib 20191126120000.0 171128s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017055378 9781616959616 hardback 1616959614 hardback (OCoLC)1007553395 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF VTL TxAuBib rda Herron, Mick. London rules / Mick Herron. New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2018] 326 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Slough House ; 5 "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. 20191126. CDPC522. Intelligence service Great Britain Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. Slough House ; 5.