Nobody Walks (Soho Crime)

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With his degree being in English as well, he was able to provide his material with a much needed sense of grounding that would also help to inform much of his ongoing narratives too. Meanwhile, River comes closer to answering his most burning question: who engineered his transfer to Slough House?

Nobody Walks by Mick Herron | Hachette UK Nobody Walks by Mick Herron | Hachette UK

This was also to bring about the Sarah Tucker/Zoe Boehm series, setting up a franchise that was going to run for some time to come. Tom, though, had been ex-Service before he severed all ties and, at his son’s flat, something sets off an alarm bell for him. 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.

They’re not allowed anywhere near MI5 HQ, which is referred to as Regent’s Park although the organisation is no longer based there. I’ve been stuck on the mystery, police procedural and spy genre for decades with everything LeCarre as well as loads of other authors so how in the world did I miss out on Mick Herron? He and Liam hadn’t spoken in a long time, and when they did speak, it was mostly so Liam could accuse him of neglecting, and therefore killing Liam’s mother, who died of cancer. If you haven’t read him but enjoy a smart British thriller, you need to try him, starting absolutely anywhere.

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He might have thought he'd left it all behind when he first skipped town, but nobody really just walks away. An English woman who he doesn’t know or recognize is informing him that Liam Bettany, his estranged son, has fallen to his death from his balcony after smoking dope. Really excellent genre novel that I could not recommend more highly for anyone who likes their thrillers smart and dark. Nobody Walks is a stand alone mystery but for those readers who love Mick Herron’s Slough House series, a few of those characters are woven into the plot and add to the intrigue. Already he has treated us to classic portraits including the bald and bewigged head of MI5’s Intelligence Service, Dame Ingrid Tearney, and the pale and twitchy successful games producer, Vincent Driscoll.

A Russian oligarch is visiting London and elements of The Park want to turn him because a potential future Russian president who owes British Intelligence would be a massive coupe. Ingrid Tearney, the director of M15, knows that Bettany is in town and she has an agenda of her own.