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 'A first-rate modern thriller' Daily Mail

Set in the same world as Mick Herron's bestselling Slough House thrillers, Nobody Walks introduces JK Coe, a fledgling spy who's about to get a harsh lesson in the realities of life on Spook Street

Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets a voicemail 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. 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. And some of them - like JK Coe - will have cause to regret his reappearance.

Bettany might have thought he'd left it all behind when he first skipped town, but nobody ever really walks away. Crime Thrillers Espionage Fiction Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Scary England

Critic reviews

Fast-moving and deeply cynical, yet thoroughly heartfelt, this is a first-rate modern thriller
Mick Herron writes thrillers that are smart in the places that count. Smart prose, smart plotting
Blackly comic
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Great story made better by narrator Sean Barratt
hope there's a follow on book

Best Narrator

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Compelling narrative and interesting characters. A reluctant hero and some unpleasant villains. All written with the author’s unique style and language. Beautifully read as always by Sean Barrett.

Another superb story by Mick Heron

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Loved the writing and pace of the storytelling. Could follow every twist and turn. Brilliant

Chilling narration

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I picked this up for to fill in the backstory to one of the slow horses characters as I work my way happily through those. If anything this story is grittier and more plausible than those. Quite dark. The central character, Bettany, a spent spy, is beautifully rendered. Herron’s prose is excellent. The reading is clear and the cast well drawn by the narrator. This is up there with Red File for Callan, for me. Though unlike the Callan books there will be no sequel I imagine, as the title insinuates.

Compelling characters in criminal conspiracies

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Gripping, dark book.
Sean Barrett is absolutely marvellous- a gift to any audiobook. His voice grips your attention.

Outstanding Narrator

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