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The Secret Hours
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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The Secret Hours
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Publisher's Summary
A new standalone novel from 'Britain's greatest living thriller writer' and author of the bestselling Slough House series, now a TV series starring Gary Oldman.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
*A 'Book of the Year' in The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Spectator, Sunday Express, TLS, Irish Times*
'Pure class' Ian Rankin 'Pitch-perfect' Lee Child
'A powerful standalone spy thriller from a true contemporary master' Daily Telegraph
Trying to investigate the Secret Service is like trying to get rid of the stink of dead badger. Hard.
For two years the government's Monochrome inquiry has produced nothing more than a series of dead ends.
The Service has kept what happened in the newly reunified Berlin under wraps for decades, and intends for it to stay that way.
But then the OTIS file turns up.
What classified secrets does it hold? And what damage will it create?
All Max Janácek knows is that someone is chasing him through the pitch-dark country lanes and they want him gone.
WE ALL HAVE JOBS TO DO IN THE DAYLIGHT. IT'S WHAT YOU DO IN THE SECRET HOURS THAT REVEALS WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
'Wonderful . . . high action, a spinning moral compass, and hidden motives on every page' Michael Connelly
*Mick Herron's The Secret Hours was a Sunday Times Number Four bestseller in hardback in the second week of September 2023
2024, Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Long-listed
2024, Crimefest Last Laugh Award, Short-listed
2024, CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, Long-listed
2024, British Book Awards Thriller of the Year, Short-listed
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- Kerry Muir
- 21-09-2023
Making sense of it all
A really great story which clears up so many mysteries of the Slough House series whilst telling a brilliant tale of its own. The narration was brilliant as usual.
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- Darren
- 03-01-2024
Another great book in the Slow Horse series
What a great book
I love all Slough House Books this book was up there with the best. You finally get the missing backstory from some of the key characters.
Once again Sean Barrett was fantastic
Standing by the wall book leads into the Secret Hours.
The book was very short ,only an hour long.
It was a great book but not worth 1 credit ,
I felt like standing by the wall should have been included as a prolog in the secret hours.
All that said I loved both books
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- Anonymous User
- 08-01-2024
Classic Mick Herron
The action is well written and fast paced. Characters are forever interesting with back story through twists and turns for some Slow Horses characters.
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- Sue Svensen
- 27-09-2023
excellent spy novel
I really enjoyed this story and it kept me glued to my audio book on holiday
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- JJ
- 24-11-2023
Great listen
Enjoyed immensely brilliantly narrated.
Made lots of the Slow horses series characters and relationships make sense
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- Anonymous User
- 21-12-2023
Herron and Barrett - the perfect combination
These days I go by the narrator as often as by the author of a book and I'm more comfortable with English than with American voices and I really like an author who can write a novel, not a would-be screenplay so on every count - a rare writer and a very rare good reader, this book is worth your time. Perhaps not Herron's very best book, but Barrett makes up for the occasional dull page.
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- Pamela Burgoyne
- 01-01-2024
Intricate to the max
This book finally provides the back story of how Slough House got its beginning. Very complex.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-2024
Just loved the series
Great narration. Fabulous story line. Cunning to the end. I have listened to the whole series and lived it all.
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- W E Marquand
- 09-10-2024
clever wordplay
reliably entertaining spy novel in the classic Mick Heron style. adds some depth to the slow horses universe.
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- Bevan Lisle
- 22-10-2023
One of his best
Loved it! One for the Slough House fans Herron deserves to be ranked with Le Carre and Fleming
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