Bad actors
(Book)
Author:
Series:
Slough house ; volume 8.
Published:
New York, NY: Soho Crime, ©2022.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
344 pages; 22 cm
Status:
Essex Adult Fiction
HERRON
Description
"In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster-a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate-hasdisappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her handat last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's mostembittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation . . . There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. 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"--
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HERRON
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FICTION Herron
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East Haddam/Rathbun A Fiction
FIC HER
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East Hampton Adult Fiction
FIC HER
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction
Herron, Mick [Slough] #08 (Bad)
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC HERRON
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FIC/HERRON
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Lyme Adult Fiction
FIC HER
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F HERRON
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North Branford/Atwater Adult Fiction
Fiction Herron
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Old Lyme A Fiction
FIC HERRON
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Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Fiction
FIC HER
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
HERRON
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F HER
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781641293372, 1641293373
Notes
Description
"In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster-a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate-hasdisappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her handat last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligence's First Desk, has cheekily showed up in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected? Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5's mostembittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation . . . There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Herron, M. (2022). Bad actors. New York, NY, Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Herron, Mick. 2022. Bad Actors. New York, NY, Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Herron, Mick, Bad Actors. New York, NY, Soho Crime, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Herron, Mick. Bad Actors. New York, NY, Soho Crime, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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