Why We Die, Mick Herron
Why We Die, Mick Herron
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Why We Die

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2020

Synopsis

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney’s jewellery shop, she certainly doesn’t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she’s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who’s dedicating what’s left of his life to protecting Katrina Blake from her late husband’s brothers, Arkle and Trent. Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets.

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

Goodreads review by Kate on January 11, 2024

3.5 A better story than the previous novel but I still can't get along with the ever-prevaricating Ms Boehm. She simply drives me nuts. Get on with it, I shout at the book, but she never does. The story is that Zoe is employed to look for the men who robbed a jewellers of stock that cannot be claimed......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on September 29, 2019

This is Mick Herron, so there’s no fault in the writing, but it just lacked the “spark” that his others have had. I also got the feeling throughout that he is about as tired of Zoe as this reader is. Felt like he had to work to write it, and I know I had to work to read it.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 24, 2018

Mick Herron's 'Why We Die', the 3rd in his Oxford Investigations series, is a clever mystery that leads us down a path that has a bit of an abrupt departure at the end. Walking, running, and driving that path isn't a bunch of laughs to begin with, as it's lined with various criminals, sociopaths, a......more

Goodreads review by Rodger on January 17, 2016

Phew, tough slog. Very depressing, droning reading until near the end when it finally picks up and becomes good, classic Mick Herron, suspenseful and well thought out. But getting there without slitting your wrists ... Difficult. Put it down many times, pretty depressing writing for the majority of......more

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