Smoke and Whispers

Smoke and Whispers
ISBN: 9781616955854
Publication Date: 1 October 2015

In Mick Herron's latest novel featuring Sarah Tucker and Zo Boehm, Zo turns up dead in Newcastle, launching Sarah into an investigation with several leads-but no one she can trust.

When a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look. She identifies the dead woman as private detective Zo Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions. Did Zo kill herself, or did one of her old cases come back to haunt her Why was she wearing the jacket a murderer had stolen years before And what's brought Sarah's former sparring partner Gerard Inchon to the same broken-down hotel she's staying at Coincidence is an excuse that soon appears pretty unconvincing. Sarah can't leave until she's found the answers to her questions, however dangerous they might turn out to be.

About the Author

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."