Nobody Walks: Mick Herron

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The source alone flags the information with a high index of suspicion, so Bettany sets out to verify, while ensuring to stay under the radar of the various parties eager to get up close and physical with him. It’s all third-person, so we can see different points of view and eavesdrop on the thoughts of a few characters, although you wouldn’t really want to live in the heads of any of them, including Bettany. Once again, Herron produces a fast-paced crime novel with twists and red herrings to keep the reader guessing and the pages turning right up to the jaw-dropping revelations of the final chapters.

in " The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly " Publishing This Week" newsletter. Although this is set in the same universe as the Slough House series, this book works as an adjunct rather than being a direct addition to the series: we learn the back story of JK Coe (who will join the Slow Horses in Real Tigers) and penetrate far further into the Machiavellian mind of Dame Ingrid than perhaps we might want to. I am constantly impressed by Herron’s ability to create this fictional world and make it realistic and dangerous. He might have thought he'd left it all behind when he first skipped town, but nobody really just walks away. The only complaint would be very wet clothing and socks and shoes but the book was so well written I really did not allow the physical discomfort to ruin things.But the thing is, Tom used to be a spy, working undercover for MI5 for many years, then a short stint with the Dogs, before leaving to try to live a normal life with his wife and son. My history with Mick Herron's books, and the fact that this one was published in 2015 during the Slough House series that I so love, led me to expect great things from this book. Dame Ingrid Tearney – Head of MI5 and someone with so many nefarious plans in the air she could join the circus as a juggler. His menial routine cloaked an unusual skill set that he had once expertly wielded for the British Security Service (ie.

Even if Slough House means nothing to you I'd still recommend Nobody Walks as a standalone thriller. Bettany) let Flea lead him upstairs, where the windows were untinted, and the view was of rooftops across the canal. Released again in the US and UK via Soho Press and it’s the final book released by them in the UK before John Murray took over. The official story is that he fell off the balcony of his flat while smoking a particularly strong batch of weed. Which is why he is fascinating, this book is addictive and the plot moves seamlessly even when it seemed confusing at the beginning.

Tom Beattany – Former undercover MI5 agent, former faux-criminal, former Dog, former butcher, former husband, former father. Bettany and Liam had been estranged when Liam died and Bettany always thought he'd have time to make things work again with his son. For 21st century spies and politicians, I think the torch has been handed to Herron, who has run with it.