The latest in a series of witty comic thrillers features the jaundiced anti-heroes of Slough House, dumping ground for errant British agents. They engage not with those that seek to undermine this country from without but rather within the closed toxic world of our own secret services. The result is self-inflicted chaos and suspicion and a plot that draws with topical savagery on the current national mood. Herron is the UK's new master of spy fiction.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 94 Autumn 2019 ) |
