Clown Town : The bestselling thrillers that inspired the hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses (Slough House Thriller 9)

MI5's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. When those involved in a covert operation during the Troubles in Northern Ireland threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner goes on the offensive, and people get hurt. Over at Slough House, the repository for failed spies, the slow horses are hard at work, but always looking for a way back on to Spook Street. Meanwhile, River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. At a loose end, and with his legendary former spy grandfather long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book. What stories will it hold? And who wants those stories to stay silent?