Slough House Mick Herron

John Murray £14.99

Jackson Lamb has little but contempt for the ragbag selection of failed spies he oversees at Slough House. But that doesn’t mean he’s happy to let a Russian assassination squad start picking them off. And woe betide whichever establishment traitor has allowed this to happen. Herron’s seventh instalment in the Slough House series (soon to be seen on TV) is among his best – seamlessly plotted and darkly humorous as ever, but also surprisingly moving.