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 From the bestselling and award winning 'master of the spy thriller' comes a collection of riveting short stories.

When a man's wife leaves him under suspicious circumstances, he sets off in search for her, unprepared for the guilty secrets he's about to drag back into the light.

A man is tempted by a luxury apartment with a top-of-the-range kitchen. But there is a heavy price to pay for this glamorous new life.

And a couple with their marriage on the rocks go on a hike through the Derbyshire countryside as another way to avoid their real problems.

Hailed as the master of the modern spy thriller, Mick Herron's skill for tension, humour, and memorable twists are captured in his short stories, collected here for the first time.

(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Mick Herron Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Thrillers Espionage Mystery Short Stories Spies & Politics Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime Marriage Suspense Exciting
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I'm half way through and the stories have been great - kind of Stephen King style macabre and not what I am used to from Mick Herron but still very compelling.
My complulsion to write a review at this stage is driven solely by the absolutely terrible narration so far! I mean unbearably bad. Currently listening to The Other Half and it's the same female narrator from one of the previous stories, All I can say is I have never in my entire life heard anyone speak with these speech patterns. Imagine putting the inflection of EVERY single word in exactly the wrong place, then you will be half way to understanding how incredibly irritating this is. The other narrators have been only marginally less awful.
I am persevering because it's from one of my all time favourite authors AND because Sean Barrett narrates one of the later stories. If I had not known about Herron's work previously and not listened to the Slough House series there is no way I would have listened beyond the first couple of minutes.

Great Stories But Virtually Unbearable Narration

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I love Mick Herron books especially when narrated by Sean Barrett, and would probably have enjoyed these short stories, but found the other narrators involved didn’t really measure up. In fact I found I just couldn’t listen to the ones narrated by Julia Franklin. Her rhythm of speech and strange inflections made her unbearable to listen to, as did her attempts at male speech.

Unbearable narration

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Julia Franklin really isn’t to my liking . She ruins Mick Herrons books for me . Obviously she floats other peoples boats.

Poor stories , average performance

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I thoroughly enjoyed these wonderfully diverse but equally gripping bite-sized nuggets of Mick Herron perfection!

A collection of pure gems!

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Downloaded as I love the Slow Horses series but had no idea what was going on in this book. Finally concluded it was a series of short stories, maybe should have read the blurb. If i had read the blurb and realized in advance I would ha e saved myself much rewinding 🫣

The individual stories where ok but it's not my thing

No Idea What Was Going On

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