London Rules: Mick Herron

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 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; 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, and someone`s trying to kill Roddy Ho.

Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. 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.