Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of seven other novels, Down Cemetery Road, Why We Die, Smoke and Whispers, Reconstruction, Slow Horses, Dead Lions, and Nobody Walks, as well as the novella The List. His work has been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, and Shamus Awards, and he has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel. He lives in Oxford and works in London.
Praise for The Last Voice You Hear With its vivid descriptions . . . and unexpected clues . . . The Last Voice You Hear is stylish and engaging. --Washington Post Unexpected and satisfying . . . The engaging heroine never loses her cool, from the melancholy opening to the whirlwind finale, a marvelously extended set-piece. -- Kirkus Reviews [A] tight, literary, clichE-free novel. -- Publishers Weekly Thoroughly worth reading. -- Booklist Praise for Mick Herron Mick Herron never tells a suspense story in the expected way. --The New York Times Book Review Good characterization, dialogue and well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible. --Daily Telegraph