I am really, really digging the Slough House novels of Mick Herron. Yes, I know I came to them late! Better late than never, though, right? A bunch of British spies who’ve somehow messed up get assigned to the drudgery of the Slough House branch, where they get to do boring busywork and nothing of any import…until they stumble across some perfidy that maybe — just maybe! — they can rectify. But remember — these people are screw-ups, so it’s not gonna be easy…

I also dig the AppleTV+ show based on the books, which does a terrific job adapting the twists and turns and mordant hilarity of Herron’s prose into action.