{"product_id":"9781641294584","title":"Bad Actors","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working.”—NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow an Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 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 . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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.","brand":"Mick Herron","offers":[{"title":"Soho Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-04-04","offer_id":44150917267711,"sku":"9781641294584","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_38bc925e-6f47-4d81-a260-21a0b51e414b.jpg?v=1671103938","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781641294584","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}