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Bad Actors: Slough House Thriller 8: The Instant #1 Sunday Times Bestseller (edition 2022)

by Mick Herron (Author)

Series: Slough House (8)

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"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-has disappeared 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 hand at 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 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 . . . 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"--… (more)
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Title:Bad Actors: Slough House Thriller 8: The Instant #1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Authors:Mick Herron (Author)
Info:Baskerville (2022), 352 pages
Collections:Ex audible
Rating:****
Tags:2023, MI5, London, Spy Fiction, Humour, British Politics, KGB, Brexit, Computer Games, Computers, double agents

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I didn't connect with this one as well, I just wasn't caught up in it. And I didn't care for the time jumping around. Also "bad actors" was used with kind of an overly heavy hand. I get it, it's the title, but you needn't hit us over the head with it.

Overall I still really wish things evolved more from book to book. People come and go, but those that remain, stay basically the same. They haven't learned to work more as a team, whatever Slough House does, they're basically in the same standing in the next book. I'm entertained, but it could be really great if things evolved more from book to book. ( )
1 vote JorgeousJotts | Jul 21, 2023 |
Schemes are afoot to centralize power into the PM's orbit, under the control of one Sparrow, but more, creating a precedent for the PM to appoint his or her own cronies to posts that would manage everything including MI5 (and 6, I am sure). One part includes deposing 'the Red Queen' (guess who!). Large and dastardly, and actually seriously bad for democratic governance should the scheme succeed. So naturally too the Slough House crew is in the thick of things.

Last Herron for now, but looking forward eagerly to the next one, of course! ***** ( )
  sibylline | Jun 28, 2023 |
I'm addicted to these. Cracking characters, laugh out loud humour, fascinating plots. A real pleasure. ( )
  malcrf | May 1, 2023 |
For the most part, this seems like a water-treading exercise as Herron decides what to do about the events of the previous book, but at least it's funny! My favorite bits were the Khan/Lamb covert lunch battle (with Roddy Ho as collateral damage) and the odd couple pairing of Claude Whelan and Shirley Dander in the latter half. Weird, but entertaining. I sure hope we get some more of these! ( )
1 vote therem | Feb 18, 2023 |
An exciting finish, after a disjointed beginning. The story's structure/construction confused me, but the conclusion made up for it. I missed River Cartwright though. I'm ready for the next instalment in the Slough House saga.. ( )
1 vote BrianEWilliams | Jan 7, 2023 |
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People deceived by bad actors do wicked things for good reasons. - Bryan Appleyard
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For Paul.  And for Emily, Thomas and Matthew
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The woods were lovely, dark and deep, and full of noisy bastards.
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"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-has disappeared 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 hand at 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 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 . . . 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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