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Reconstruction by Mick Herron
Dec. 21st, 2019 04:39 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
What should have been a simply pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman.
When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and take a group hostage, 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, Bad Sam Chapman - head of the intelligence services’s internal security force, the Dogs - battles the clock to find out what Jaime is after, before those who are after Jamie find him first …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Mick Herron’s deftly plotted, taut spy thriller (set within the same world as the JACKSON LAMB SERIES and featuring bit player Sam Chapman) is a sophisticated ensemble piece set against the backdrop of post invasion Iraq. I loved how Herron splits the action between the characters to convey their viewpoints and the misdirection is masterly but some scenes are repetitive and I didn’t think the overall narrative voice quite worked.
When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and take a group hostage, 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, Bad Sam Chapman - head of the intelligence services’s internal security force, the Dogs - battles the clock to find out what Jaime is after, before those who are after Jamie find him first …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Mick Herron’s deftly plotted, taut spy thriller (set within the same world as the JACKSON LAMB SERIES and featuring bit player Sam Chapman) is a sophisticated ensemble piece set against the backdrop of post invasion Iraq. I loved how Herron splits the action between the characters to convey their viewpoints and the misdirection is masterly but some scenes are repetitive and I didn’t think the overall narrative voice quite worked.
