Slough House: Mick Herron

Kill us? They`ve never needed to kill us,` said Lamb. `I mean, look at us. What would be the point?`
A year after a calamitous blunder by a foreign secret service left a British citizen dead from poison, Diana Taverner is on the warpath. What seems a gutless response from the government has pushed the Service`s First Desk into mounting her own counter-offensive - but she`s had to make a deal with the devil first. And given that the devil in question is arch-manipulator Peter Judd, she could be about to lose control of everything she`s fought for.
Meanwhile, still reeling from recent losses, the slow horses are worried they`ve been pushed further into the cold. Slough House has been wiped from Service records, and fatal accidents keep happening. No wonder Jackson Lamb`s crew are feeling paranoid. But have they actually been targeted?
With a new populist movement taking a grip on London`s streets, and the old order ensuring that everything`s for sale to the highest bidder, the world`s an uncomfortable place for those deemed surplus to requirements. The wise move would be to find a safe place and wait for the troubles to pass.
But the slow horses aren`t famed for making wise decisions.
And with enemies on all sides, not even Jackson Lamb can keep his crew from harm.