TY - BOOK AU - Herron,Mick TI - London rules T2 - Slough House SN - 9781473657403 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Intelligence service KW - Great Britain KW - Fiction KW - Suspense fiction KW - Thriller KW - eflch KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - fast KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - ukslc N2 - London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's under attack: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote; from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist; from the PM's favourite Muslim, who's about to be elected mayor of the West Midlands; and especially from his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner. Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal problems. But collectively, they're about to rediscover their greatest strength - that of making a bad situation much, much worse. It's a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren't going to break themselves ER -