Why We Die

By: Mick Herron

Narrated by: Julia Franklin

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney’s jewellery shop, she certainly doesn’t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she’s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who’s dedicating what’s left of his life to protecting Katrina Blake from her late husband’s brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose and even Katrina has her secrets.

©2006 Mick Herron (P)2020 Isis Publishing Ltd

Slow and repetitive

First I enjoy this author & wanted to like this offering. When I cannot find one character to care for either good or evil, the story becomes flat

Great Lead Character & Narrator

Zoe Boeme is a clever, compelling woman and her cases always involve lots of twists and turns.

This will be my last of this series!

I have been listening to Mick Herron’s Oxford series because of his wonderful slow horses series. I also like the main character Zoe and wanted to follow her, but I can’t take anymore. The stories are very slow and tedious. It takes forever for something to happen. For instance, finding a key takes what seems like an hour. I’m going to finish this book and do myself a favor and not read or listen to anymore Oxford series. I do not have a problem with the narration as some of the other reviews state however, the overall experience is just not fun.

Characters suitably crazy

Mr Herron has a lively imagination and ms Franklin is up to the task of developing the voices of the crazy criminals

Narrator voice overwhelms

Love Mick Herron, but this narrator should be on the stage, not reading books.

Not as good

Perhaps it is the reader making the story so dull, or maybe the story itself is also just dull.

Well paced and unpredictable

Another great read/listen! How he manages to craft these funny and diabolically clever characters is truly a marvel. The vocal performance is incredible, I now look for any audio books she does, and she is one of my must listen presenters.

Complex story, needs attention.

I really like his style, especially as it relates to the Slow Horses series. This like all has complex scene/story line changes which without the benefit of seeing paragraph, chapter or page changes means the reader can't daydream as when these occur the story loses its sense.

Audible should advise/manage narratives to limit the highs and lows of the narrator's voice as many audio systems cannot handle them in conjunction with the deteriorating hearing of the demographic that listens to this type of book.

Excellent story; well-read; poor audio edits

An exciting tale, great narration. However in the final 2-3 chapters seems like the editors failed to complete their review. A few obvious misreads, pauses and corrections left on the tape rather than edited out.

A tale of Death to bide your time by

Entertaining in a macabre sort of way. Recommended for those who cherish Mick Herron and his cast of independence-tainted characters