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The Catch by Mick Herron
Apr. 18th, 2020 10:54 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
If life in the Intelligence Service has taught John Bachelor anything, it’s to keep his head down. Especially now, when he’s living rent-free in a dead spook’s flat.
So he’s not delighted to be woken at dawn by a pair of Regent’s Park’s heavies, looking for a client he’s not seen in years.
Benny Manors could be anywhere, provided it serves alcohol. So John sets out on a reluctant trawl through the bars of the capital, all the while plagued by the age-old questions: will he end up sleeping in his car? How many bottles of gin can be afford at London prices?
And just how far will Regent’s Park go to prevent anyone rocking the Establishment’s boat.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The third of Mick Herron’s novella accompaniments to the JACKSON LAMB SERIES featuring the hapless milk men, John Bachelor, is a slickly written affair that blatantly alludes to the Jeffrey Epstein affair and its impact on the British royal family. There’s plenty of double dealing and hidden agendas and as ever, Bachelor has no clue of the bigger picture but it’s expensive for what it is and is probably for Jackson Lamb completists only.
If life in the Intelligence Service has taught John Bachelor anything, it’s to keep his head down. Especially now, when he’s living rent-free in a dead spook’s flat.
So he’s not delighted to be woken at dawn by a pair of Regent’s Park’s heavies, looking for a client he’s not seen in years.
Benny Manors could be anywhere, provided it serves alcohol. So John sets out on a reluctant trawl through the bars of the capital, all the while plagued by the age-old questions: will he end up sleeping in his car? How many bottles of gin can be afford at London prices?
And just how far will Regent’s Park go to prevent anyone rocking the Establishment’s boat.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The third of Mick Herron’s novella accompaniments to the JACKSON LAMB SERIES featuring the hapless milk men, John Bachelor, is a slickly written affair that blatantly alludes to the Jeffrey Epstein affair and its impact on the British royal family. There’s plenty of double dealing and hidden agendas and as ever, Bachelor has no clue of the bigger picture but it’s expensive for what it is and is probably for Jackson Lamb completists only.
