Reconstruction

Reconstruction

In this chillingly plausible thriller by CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron,Â â€œthere is no hiding under the deskâ€ (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 isnâ€™t there on a homicidal mission, and heâ€™s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral. As an armed police presence builds outside the schoolâ€™s gates, the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaimeâ€™s lover, Miro. Miroâ€™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 thiefâ€”though heâ€™s always had his secrets. But then, so does Louise, so do the other hostagesâ€”and so do some people on the outside, whoâ€™d much rather Jaime was silenced.

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