Bad Actors

Mick Herron, the le Carr 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.Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working.NPR's Fresh AirNow an Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecastera specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electoratehas disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down.But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. ...