Dead Lions

Mick Herron ↗

Slough House - 2

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She started drawing up a mental list of everyone she didn’t trust, and had to stop immediately. She didn’t have all day.

all the work’s done low on the food chain. Everyone else just has meetings.

They say the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to make people stop believing in him,

“It’s a phrase, black swan,” she said. “Means a totally unexpected event with a big impact. But one that seems predictable afterwards, with the benefit of hindsight.