Not at all my favourite of the Slough House books.

Still, the humour and banter of Jackson Lamb alone makes it worth reading.

Roderick Ho is entertaining, as well.

One of the regulars is kidnapped. And it all goes wrong after that. 😀

This is the Mick Herron’s third novel in the Slough House series. …

In addition to the inhabitants of Slough House, the main characters are Dame Ingrid Tearney, the head of the service, and Diana – ‘Lady Di’ – Taverner, who wants to be head of the service. The two women clearly loathe each other – a fact that Herron conveys superbly by having them behave towards each other with a studied politeness.

There is somebody else who wants to run the intelligence service – Peter Judd, the Home Secretary, within whose department the intelligence service is included. He wants to control it as part of his career plan to become Prime Minister. There is a deliberate similarity to the popular side of Boris Johnson in his portrayal. …

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