{"product_id":"london-rules-book-mick-herron-9781473657380","title":"London Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The UK's new spy master' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover your arse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegent'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks, and someone's trying to kill Roddy Ho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren't going to break themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e******\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Mick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The new spy master' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Herron is spy fiction's great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Herron draws his readers so fully into the world of Slough House that the incautious might find themselves slipping between the pages and transformed from reader to spook' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50469010309393,"sku":"GOR009074401","price":11.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50500370956561,"sku":"GOR010233481","price":11.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50516212384017,"sku":"GOR010379328","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50907106935057,"sku":"GOR009767349","price":8.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51324629647633,"sku":"CIN1473657385G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1473657385.jpg?v=1786105507","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/london-rules-book-mick-herron-9781473657380","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}