Bad Actors af Mick Herron (Bog)

Forfatter: Mick Herron
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 0
Forlag: John Murray Press
Udgivelsesår: 2023
*Discover The Secret Hours, the gripping new thriller from Mick Herron and an unmissable read for Slough House fans* *Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman* THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A pitch-perfect espionage thriller' Sunday Times In MI5 a scandal is brewing and there are bad actors everywhere. A key member of a Downing Street think-tank has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, one-time First Desk of MI5's Regent's Park, is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to Regent's Park HQ itself, with its chief, Diana Taverner, as prime suspect. Meanwhile her Russian counterpart has unexpectedly shown up in London but has slipped under MI5's radar. Over at Slough House, the home for demoted and embittered spies, the slow horses are doing what they do best: adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation. In a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing is the norm, bad actors are bending the rules for their own gain. If the slow horses want to change the script, they'll need to get their own act together before the final curtain. *Includes the short story Standing by the Wall: A Slough House Interlude* 'The foremost living spy novelist in the English language' New Statesman 'This is entertainment of the highest class' Literary Review 'The man is a genius' The Spectator
Titel: Bad Actors

Sammendrag: En moderne britisk spionthriller sat i Londons politiske og efterretningsmæssige miljø. Da et centralt medlem af en Downing Street-tænketank forsvinder, skal tidligere MI5-chef Claude Whelan finde ud af, hvad der er sket. Undersøgelsen peger mod Regent’s Park og den magtfulde efterretningschef Diana Taverner, mens en russisk rival opererer skjult i byen. Samtidig forsøger de degraderede agenter i Slough House – slow horses – at udnytte situationen og blande sig i spillet. Intrigen trækker tråde mellem regering, sikkerhedstjenester og internationale modstandere, hvor alle beskytter deres egne interesser. Romanen blander spænding, politisk satire og sort humor og giver et kritisk indblik i nutidens spionverden. Indeholder også kortromanen "Standing by the Wall", der fungerer som en ekstra fortælling i Slough House-universet.
Type: Paperback