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*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*

''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying

''Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He''s also a tricky plotter'' New York Times Book Review

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney''s jewellery shop, she''s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn''t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she''s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who''s dedicating what''s left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband''s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets

Trade Review
Tough, bright and highly promising * Chicago Tribune *
Stylish and engaging * Washington Post *
Frighteningly plausible * Sunday Telegraph *

Why We Die

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      Publisher John Murray Press
      Published 6 August 2020
      ISBN-13 9781473647022
      978-1473647022
      ISBN-10 1473647029
      Also in:
      Fiction Crime & Thrillers Books by Mick Herron

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*

      ''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying

      ''Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He''s also a tricky plotter'' New York Times Book Review

      When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney''s jewellery shop, she''s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn''t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she''s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who''s dedicating what''s left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband''s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

      Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets

      Trade Review
      Tough, bright and highly promising * Chicago Tribune *
      Stylish and engaging * Washington Post *
      Frighteningly plausible * Sunday Telegraph *

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