Fast-moving and deeply cynical, yet thoroughly heartfelt, this is a first-rate modern thriller.
--Daily Mail

Blackly comic.
--The Sunday Times

English author Mick Herron writes thrillers that are smart in the places that count. Smart prose, smart plotting.
--Toronto Star

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.
--Daily Star

A deep evocation of the consequences of both violence and revenge.
--Los Angeles Review of Books

[A] superb thriller . . . Herron may be the most literate, and slyest, thriller writer in English today.
--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

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

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

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

Nobody Walks is a very different kind of thriller: more Richard Stark than John Le Carre. It's stripped down and raw; a satisfying, immersive thriller, bold and brutal in its simplicity.
--Pages & Pages Books, Australia

[Herron] writes with uncommon grace about a man who has no illusions.
--Reviewing the Evidence

[A] beautiful, bleak novel.
--Criminal Element

[A] complex character-driven thriller.
--Stop! You're Killing Me

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

Smartly written with biting British wit.
--Fresh Fiction

Praise for DEAD LIONS

WINNER OF THE 2013 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
A BBC FRONT ROW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2013
A TIMES CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 50 CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE PAST 5 YEARS

"Smart, sharp British wit at its finest. A uniquely brilliant take on the British spy novel."
─Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of Murder Below Montparnasse

"Funny, clever . . . Genuinely thrilling. The novel is equally noteworthy for its often lyrical prose."
─Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Delightful . . . with a dry humor reminiscent of Greene and Waugh."
--Sunday Times, Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 5 Years

"A great romp."
─Jeff Park, BBC Front Row

"Clever and funny."
─The Times

"Herron delivers unbeatable entertainment for thriller fans."
─Library Journal, Starred Review

"[A] wickedly clever send-up of the classic British spy novel."
─Crime Writers' Association

"If you like your suspense novels told with a smart dash of wit and sarcasm, filled with lots of twists and turns, Herron's your man."
─Shelf Awareness