Mick Herron, the le Carr� of the future (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy.
But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned..
There are bad Actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. . .
Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5\'s most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation .
Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence\'s First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort.
But the trail leads him straight back to Regent\'s Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect.
Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down.
The Downing Street superforecaster--a specialist who advises the Prime Minister\'s office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate--has disappeared without a trace.
In London\'s MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. --NPR\'s Fresh Air Soon to be an Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.
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Mick Herron, the le Carr� of the future (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy
