Reconstruction, Mick Herron
Reconstruction, Mick Herron
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Reconstruction

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Unabridged: 12 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2020

Synopsis

When a young man breaks into South Oxford Nursery School with a gun, and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy is fearful. But Jaime Segura isn’t there on a homicidal mission. Bad Sam Chapman – head of the intelligence service’s internal security force, the Dogs – tries to find out what Jaime is after. But the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 colleague of Jaime’s lover, Miro – who has gone missing with a quarter of a billion pounds…

About Mick Herron

Mick Herron, British novelist and short story writer, is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and three standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, the Theakston’s Novel of the Year Award, the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and the USC Libraries Scripter Award. His works have been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards. He was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by JanJan Serpieters on 2023-04-19 07:24:11

This will of course be another fantastic book from Mick Herron, but then the narrator is so irritating to listen to that I stopped listening after half an hour. Should a new version of this audiobook come out, with the genial Gerard Doyle, I'd buy it again.

Goodreads review by Kate on January 16, 2024

The book that came before the Slow Horses started. Now I have only one issue with this book. When was it published? Originally it appears 1982 and re-released in 2008. So I'm very confused. It makes zero difference to the story which is a prequel to Slow Horses and features Bad Sam Chapman who is me......more

Goodreads review by Alex on January 01, 2021

A noise escaped her lips again; something between a whine and a prayer for mercy. She hoped they’d all come out of it alive, but if there could only be one survivor, she wanted it to be her…anyone would feel the same. Not everyone would admit it. Reconstruction, a standalone novel, penned prior to t......more

Goodreads review by Iain on March 11, 2025

A standalone story, with the familiar feel.of London and the Secret Service as the backdrop to a hostage situation. Twists and turns and Herron's familiar humour make this an easy read, and sits nicely alongside the Slow Horses series.......more

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