Nobody Walks
Mick Herron
ISBN: 9781616954864
Published: February, 2015
Pricing
Paperback $15.95
More books by Mick Herron
Description
The long-awaited new novel by British espionage fiction master Mick Herron, author of the 2013 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger-winning Dead Lions.
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 de...
The long-awaited new novel by British espionage fiction master Mick Herron, author of the 2013 Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger-winning Dead Lions.
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.
Media
“Nancy Pearl "Best Reads" of 2015”
“Mick Herron never tells a suspense story in the expected way ... In Herron's book, there is no hiding under the desk. ”
─The New York Times Book Review
“Stylish and engaging. ”
─The Washington Post
“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 Carré. ”
–Library Journal
“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 on Nobody Walks
“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 on Nobody Walks
“[A] superb thriller… Well-drawn characters complement plotting that’s convoluted but never opaque or formulaic.”
–Publishers Weekly, Starred Review on Nobody Walks
“Tom is an anti-hero and the story starts out with him working in a meatpacking plant instead of stepping out of a flashy car dressed in a tux. His mission ends up reaching further than just his son’s death, but I always find the spooks-with-personal-pain angle to be an interesting take on the genre. ”
–Bookriot on Nobody Walks
“[A] beautiful, bleak novel. ”
–Criminal Element
“Tough and melancholy – a story of remorse and revenge that asks if it is ever too late for a man to make up the lost years. ”
–Life is Story
“This is a more human story – a tragedy, actually – and Bettany is given no easy ride. ”
–Crime Fiction Lover
“English author Mick Herron writes thrillers that are smart in the places that count. Smart prose, smart plotting. ”
–Toronto Star on Nobody Walks
“Fast-moving and deeply cynical, yet thoroughly heartfelt, this is a first-rate modern thriller.”
—Mail on Sunday, "Thriller of the Week" on Nobody Walks
“Enough suspense and action to keep thriller fans happy but it also has a strong psychological component. The final revelation in this story will it will knock you backwards. ”
–The Daily Star on Nobody Walks
“A deep evocation of the consequences of both violence and revenge.”