The Last Voice You Hear - (The Zoë Boehm Thrillers) by Mick Herron (Paperback)

About the Book

"Oxford private investigator Zoee Boehm struggles with the after effects of her violent past as she hunts for a killer--or has she become the hunted? Oxford private investigator Zoee Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when middle-aged Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoee wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline's boss is persistent, and as Zoee attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she's never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he's found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralyzing fear?"--

Book Synopsis

By the New York Times bestselling author of Slow Horses

The hunter becomes the hunted in the thrilling follow-up to Down Cemetery Road, now an Apple Original series.

After narrowly escaping an attempt on her life, Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm is determined to keep a low profile. So when Caroline Daniels takes a fatal fall in front of a train and her boyfriend fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoë turns down the case--despite the insistence of Caroline's boss, who is convinced it was foul play. Then, a local teen boy plunges from the top of a London tower block and dies in disturbingly similar circumstances, and Zoë has no option but to follow the evidence.

With the help of her close friend Sarah Tucker, Zoë attempts to track down Caroline's boyfriend, who seems to have vanished without a trace. As her search uncovers dangerous threads, including police corruption and a potential serial killer at work, she begins to suspect she's being watched. Has the killer found her first--and if he has, will that make her the next victim?

Review Quotes

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, cliché-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

About the Author

Mick Herron is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Slough House espionage series, four Zoë Boehm mysteries, and several standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement in Crime Writing, the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, the Theakstons Novel of the Year Award, the Barry Award and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity and Shamus Awards. Slow Horses and Down Cemetery Road have both been adapted into Apple Original series. Mick is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.