A Maxim Jakubowski selected title.
Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2015.
Dead Lions, Herron's second Slough House spy thriller was, justly rewarded with the CWA Gold Dagger and his new novel walks in the shadow of its murky, ironic world where spies are decidely human and fallible. An ex-agent on the skids returns to the UK following the unexplained death of his son from a balcony fall under influence to uncover the truth, only to discover he is being manipulated by rogue elements in the secret service for reasons he cannot initially fathom. Every character leaps out of the page, quirks a-plenty and vivid as the inexorable investigation runs down the back alleys and no way streets of a highly familiar London until a modicum of truth merges that raises yet more painful questions. Herron's plotting is impeccable and the way he paints his world of shadows and betrayals proves a lesson in thriller writing. Much more than just a revenge tale. ~ Maxim Jakubowski
| Primary Genre | Espionage and spy thriller |
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Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets a voicemail from an Englishwoman he doesn’t know telling him that his estranged 26-year-old son is dead—Liam Bettany fell from his London balcony, where he was smoking dope.
Now for the first time since he cut all ties years ago, Bettany returns home to London to find out the truth about his son’s death. Maybe it’s the guilt he feels about losing touch with his son that’s gnawing at him, or maybe he’s actually put his finger on a labyrinthine plot, but either way he’ll get to the bottom of the tragedy, no matter whose feathers he has to ruffle. But more than a few people are interested to hear Bettany is back in town, from incarcerated mob bosses to those in the highest echelons of MI5. He might have thought he’d left it all behind when he first skipped town, but nobody really just walks away.
Nobody Walks features in the following genres: Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Nobody Walks is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Nobody Walks was written by Mick Herron and published by Baskerville an imprint of John Murray Press
Nobody Walks has 281 pages
£9.89
