{"product_id":"clown-town","title":"Clown Town: Slough House Thrillers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'They used to call our shop the Circus. Well if this is a circus, Jackson, you're in charge of the clowns.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld spies grow ridiculous, David Cartwright used to say, but forgot to add they can be dangerous too, especially if they've fallen on hard times - as Diana Taverner learns when the past lands on her desk. An operation carried out during the height of the Troubles laid bare the ugly side of state security, and those involved are threatening to expose details. But every threat hides an opportunity, and the would-be blackmailer is soon being used as Taverner's solution to a much newer problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCartwright himself is long buried, and has left his library to the Spooks' College, where it turns out that one of the books has gone missing. Or perhaps never existed . . . His grandson, River Cartwright, has time to kill while waiting to be passed fit for work, and investigating the secrets his grandfather's library hid seems a harmless activity. But nothing involving the slow horses stays harmless for long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouisa Guy is pondering her future, but before making any big decisions, she might as well check River's not about to come a cropper. Shirley Dander is wondering if the new kid, Ash Khan, is as annoying as she seems. Roddy Ho wants the team to know that his tattoo is a hummingbird, and not, as Lech Wicinski claims, a platypus. And Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs far as Lamb's concerned, they should all be at their desks - when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut they're his clowns. And if they don't all come home, there'll be a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMick Herron (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMick Herron’s six Slough House novels have been shortlisted for eight CWA Daggers, winning twice, and shortlisted for the Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year three times. The first, Slow Horses, was picked as one of the best twenty spy novels of all time by the Daily Telegraph, while the most recent, Joe Country, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMick Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078951649437,"sku":"9781399800457","price":99.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/ClownTown_9781399800457_mphbooks.jpg?v=1758267018","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/clown-town","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}