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Set in the same fictional London as his CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Slough House spy series, Mick Herron now introduces Tom Bettany, a man with a violent past and only one thing to live for: Avenging his son's death. 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 pot. 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 Liam 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 ever really walks away. From the Hardcover edition.

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Praise for NOBODY WALKS [A] superb thriller... Herron may be the most literate, and slyest, thriller writer in English today. --Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review Herron's remarkable novel has enough suspense, action, and deductive dazzlement to keep genre fans happy. But be warned: these are deep waters, and this is not nodding-off, night-table reading. ─ Booklist, STARRED Review Smartly written with biting British wit. --Fresh Fiction Herron strips his revenge story to the bone, paring away unnecessary characters, episodes, speeches and gestures to produce a violent little elegy that grows both more clever and more sour as it hurtles along. --Kirkus Reviews The Brits seem to have a lock on clapped-out intelligence agents, and this savvy literary stand-alone by the author of the 2013 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger-winning Dead Lions is an affectionate nod to the likes of John le CarrE. ─Library Journal Praise for DEAD LIONS WINNER OF THE 2013 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA BBC FRONT ROW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2013A TIMES CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES TOP 50 CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE PAST 5 YEARS Smart, sharp British wit at its finest. A uniquely brilliant take on the British spy novel. ─Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of Murder Below Montparnasse Funny, clever . . . Genuinely thrilling. The novel is equally noteworthy for its often lyrical prose. ─ Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Delightful . . . with a dry humor reminiscent of Greene and Waugh. -- Sunday Times, Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 5 Years A great romp. ─ Jeff Park, BBC Front Row Clever and funny. ─ The Times Herron delivers unbeatable entertainment for thriller fans. ─ Library Journal, Starred Review [A] wickedly clever send-up of the classic British spy novel. ─Crime Writers' Association If you like your suspense novels told with a smart dash of wit and sarcasm, filled with lots of twists and turns, Herron's your man. ─Shelf Awareness

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Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of two books in the Slough House series, Slow Horses and Dead Lions, as well as the standalone thriller Nobody Walks, and the novella The List. His work has been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards, and he has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel. He lives in Oxford and works in London.

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