bIan Fleming. John le Carr . Len Deighton. Mick Herron. The brilliant plotting of Herron's twice CWA Dagger Award-winning Slough House series of spy novels is matched only by his storytelling gift and an ear for viciously funny political satire. pMick Herron is the John le Carr of our generation.bb--Val McDermidbbbrb brAt MI5 headquarters Regent's Park, First Desk Claude Whelan is learning the ropes the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print from the PM's favorite Muslim, who's about to be elected mayor of the West Midlands, despite the dark secret he's hiding 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. pOver at