Name: Reconstruction (Oxford)
SKU: 49627221
Price: 18.23 EUR
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Author: Mick Herron
ISBN: 9781616955878

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mick Herron

Publisher

Soho Press Inc

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

342

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781616955878

Synopsis "Reconstruction (Oxford) "

In this chillingly plausible thriller by CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron, “there is no hiding under the desk” (The New York Times Book Review).When a gunman breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn’t there on a homicidal mission, and he’s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral. As an armed police presence builds outside the school’s gates, the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaime’s lover, Miro. Miro’s gone missing, along with a quarter of a billion pounds allotted for reconstruction work in Iraq. Jaime refuses to believe that Miro is a thief—though he’s always had his secrets. But then, so does Louise, so do the other hostages—and so do some people on the outside, who’d much rather Jaime was silenced.

Mick Herron

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Mick Herron is a British writer born in Newcastle on July 11, 1963. He studied English at Balliol College, Oxford and has worked as an editor and fiction writer. He is known for his spy novels, especially the "Slough House" series, which has been adapted into a television series on Apple TV+ with Gary Oldman in the lead role. Among his most notable works are "Down Cemetery Road" (2003), "Reconstructing Amelia" (2013), and "The Secret Hours" (2022). The "Slough House" series includes titles such as "Dead Lions" (2013), "Real Tigers" (2016), and "Spook Street" (2017). Herron has received several awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger for "Dead Lions".

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