Books like All the livelong day and other stories by Mick Herron
Mick Herron’s "All the livelong day and other stories" gathers five short tales of crime and suspense. The title story follows a Derbyshire walking holiday that turns into a Hitchcockian nightmare: bad weather, a remote farmhouse, and a flock of monstrous birds strain a couple’s relationship to its breaking point. Other stories include a motorway‑cafe encounter that nearly exposes pure evil, a payroll of jolly Santa Clauses plotting a perfect robbery, and the investigative adventures of Oxford “Pl” Zoe Boehm, who is both aided and obstructed by her partner, Joe Silvermann, while delving into crimes of true love and imagined murder.
Each narrative delivers crisp pacing, atmospheric detail, and a subtle blend of humor and danger that typifies Herron’s work.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Mick Herron
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