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London Rules
- Slough House, Book 5
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.
London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one.
Cover your arse.
Regent'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 10; 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.
Meanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks, and someone's trying to kill Roddy Ho.
Over 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.
It's a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren't going to break themselves.
Critic reviews
"The UK's new spy master." (Sunday Times)
"Herron is spy fiction's great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose." (The Times)
"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." (Irish Times)
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- Belinda
- 09-02-18
Gripping. Brilliantly entertaining.
I love Mick Herron’s dialogue. It is clever and insightful and funny. Depicts the characters brilliantly. Fantastic storytelling.
Sean Barrett’s narration is perfect. Tone, timing and interpretation all incredible. Hugely talented voice actor.
I’m a big fan of Slough House.
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- Gabrielle Harvey-Jones
- 13-02-18
Best one yet!
I have really enjoyed reading all five of the currently available books in this series. Love the variety of deeply flawed characters and the careful, complicated plot lines. Sean Barrett isn’t bad, either!
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- Earnest
- 06-06-18
Another real treat for Slough House fans
What an amusing and engrossing tale. So very well plotted and more lyrical than usual in parts.
I chuckled when Mr Barrett had to read the lines,”Mr Barrett,whose rich voice was a pleasure to listen to..” was that written by Mr Herron or Mr S. Barrett himself? (I am unable to access the book to check.)
But it is true. Jackson Lamb “lives forever” in the characterization provided by that voice we have come to appreciate so much.
Just a tiny question. Is it just me or have River and Shirley had a brain transplant and become dumb and dumber since dawn?
No matter. Please write more Mr Herron.
Lady Di T. must be expunged.
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- susan barnes
- 04-06-18
Brilliant!
Mick Herron and Sean Barrett, one of the best audio books in my library. Can't wait for the next in the series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-18
Brilliant
I love this series and these characters. Very funny, and beautifully written. Seán Barrett’s reading is fantastic.
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- Birdie
- 16-05-18
Jackson Lamb , my ( anti ) hero!
Jackson Lamb lights up the page every time he appears. If you like your humour caustic and cynical, he is the man. Read by the inimitable Sean Barrett. Heaven on a stick !!
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- Mr Rupert Seymour
- 04-07-18
The grubby side of the an almost secret service
Brilliantly narrated by Sean Barrett who brings the likes of the wonderfully awful Lamb to life. A tale of ambition and backstabbing, guilt and weaknesses, and disrespect for rules and manners. Read and love it. I've enjoyed them all and lived with the tackiness of slow horses and their brilliant persistence in the face of immovable bureaucracy.
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- My name
- 02-07-18
Great book in a great series
I enjoyed every minute of this, well written and narrated. Can we have the next book quickly please.
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- g.e.pleasance
- 01-07-18
EXPECTED MORE...
I really enjoyed the narrator-Sean Barrett and the depiction of the characters but the book left me a little cold. The main plot was trying to be too clever in parts and felt formulaic. Not my style
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- Nick Moore
- 27-06-18
Brilliant!
Great stories, with proper beginnings, middles and endings, coupled with clever humour in the characters, delivered by one of the best in the narration business, Sean Barrett could read the phone directory and I'd listen. He has the brilliant talent of bringing Mick Herron's clever stories to life, making every character truly believable. I've not listened to a better series for a long time.
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