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Mick Herron

Mick Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, lives in Oxford, and works in London. His short fiction regularly appears in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and he is a contributing editor to the monthly book trade publication Bookdealer.

Awards: CrimeFest (2024), Barry (2024), Theakston (2022), CWA (2017) see all

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

New and upcoming books

September 2025

Clown Town
(Slough House, book 9)

Series

Oxford
   1. Down Cemetery Road (2003)
   2. The Last Voice You Hear (2004)
   3. Why We Die (2006)
   4. Smoke and Whispers (2009)
   5. Reconstruction (2008)
   Dolphin Junction (2021)

Slough House
   1. Slow Horses (2010)
   2. Dead Lions (2013)
   2.5. The List (2015)
   3. Real Tigers (2016)
   4. Spook Street (2017)
   5. London Rules (2018)
   5.5. The Marylebone Drop (2018)
   6. Joe Country (2019)
   6.5. The Catch (2020)
   7. Slough House (2021)
   8. Bad Actors (2022)
   Standing by the Wall (2022)
   Standing by the Wall: A Slough House Interlude (2022)
   9. Clown Town (2025)

Novels

   Nobody Walks (2015)
   This is What Happened (2018)
   The Secret Hours (2023)

Collections

All the Livelong Day (2013)

Books containing stories by Mick Herron

Vintage Crime (2020)
(Crime Writer's Association Anthology)
edited by
Martin Edwards

Ten Year Stretch (2018)
Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction and CrimeFest
edited by
Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller

The Usual Santas (2017)
edited by
Peter Lovesey

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Awards

	2024 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award : The Secret Hours
	2024 Barry Award for Best Thriller : The Secret Hours
	2022 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year : Slough House
	2022 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award : Slough House
	2018 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award : Spook Street
	2017 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award : Real Tigers
	2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger : Spook Street
	2013 CWA Gold Dagger : Dead Lions

Award nominations

	2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Secret Hours
	2024 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : The Secret Hours
	2024 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : The Secret Hours
	2024 British Book Award Crime and Thriller Book of the Year (shortlist) : The Secret Hours
	2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Bad Actors
	2023 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : Bad Actors
	2023 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
	2023 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Bad Actors
	2022 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Slough House
	2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Joe Country
	2020 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Joe Country
	2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : London Rules
	2019 Short Story Dagger (longlist) : How Many Cats Have You Killed?
	2019 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : London Rules
	2019 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : London Rules
	2018 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Spook Street
	2018 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : London Rules
	2018 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : London Rules
	2018 British Book Award Crime and Thriller Book of the Year (shortlist) : Spook Street
	2018 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Spook Street
	2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Real Tigers
	2017 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Real Tigers
	2017 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Spook Street
	2016 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Real Tigers
	2016 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Real Tigers
	2015 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Nobody Walks
	2014 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (nominee) : What We Do
	2014 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dead Lions
	2014 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Dead Lions
	2010 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Slow Horses
	2009 Barry Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Proof of Love

Mick Herron recommends

The Death of Us (2025)
Abigail Dean
"The Death of Us is astonishingly good - Abigail Dean's the real thing."

The Blue Hour (2024)
Paula Hawkins
"Reminiscent of du Maurier: art, islands, missing spouses ... A compelling piece of work, hard to put down."

Creation Lake (2024)
Rachel Kushner
"An immersive novel about an agent provocateur embedded within a group of environmental activists in south-western France, and slowly becoming mesmerized by the group elder's theories about Neanderthals. It's seductive, entrancing, and quite off the wall."

The Examiner (2024)
Janice Hallett
"Insanely readable. Hallett is an absolute original, a complete one-off."

Sharp Glass (2024)
Sarah Hilary
"[Sarah Hilary does] claustrophobic obsession better than anyone . . . It's strange and compelling, and no one else could have written it."

Hunted (2024)
Abir Mukherjee
"A masterclass."

Any Human Power (2024)
Manda Scott
"This book opened up and swallowed me whole - the characters, the plot, the writing, everything. It's the most exciting, involving thriller I've read in an age, and I can't recommend it highly enough."

Cahokia Jazz (2023)
Francis Spufford
"Francis Spufford has discovered a new riff on a favourite tune, and in exploring it has created something wholly unique. Cahokia Jazz is extraordinary."

The New Wife (2023)
J P Delaney
"I loved it. JP Delaney has a gift for the unputdownable story ... One twist in particular left me open-mouthed. Brilliant stuff. This'll be in a lot of holiday luggage come the summer."

The Last Goodbye (2023)
(David Raker Missing Persons, book 12)
Tim Weaver
"These books are unputdownable."

The Scarlet Papers (2023)
Matthew Richardson
"Grand in scope and packed with fascinating insights."

The Last Dance (2023)
(Detective Miller, book 1)
Mark Billingham
"Funny, moving, and full of surprises . . . an absolute treat."

No Place to Hide (2023)
J S Monroe
"Clever, convincing and wickedly twisty... Highly recommended."

To Battersea Park (2023)
Philip Hensher
"To Battersea Park is an imaginative tour de force. The first great lockdown novel, and perhaps the only one we'll need."

Paris Requiem (2023)
(Detective Eddie Giral, book 2)
Chris Lloyd
"A thoughtful, haunting thriller."

Queen & Country (2022)
(Charles Thoroughgood, book 7)
Alan Judd
"A masterful storyteller with an intricate knowledge of his subject."

The Plant Hunter (2022)
T L Mogford
"An old-fashioned adventure yarn with all the virtues of the genre, The Plant Hunter engages, informs and entertains, while taking the reader to distant, unexpected places. Highly recommended."

The Interview (2022)
C M Ewan
"Fierce read, with heart, muscle and an out-of-sight twist."

A Killing in November (2022)
(DI Wilkins Mysteries, book 1)
Simon Mason
"This is a terrific crime novel, with a startlingly original protagonist we're going to see a lot more of. Oxford's mean streets just got meaner."

The Dark Remains (2021)
(Jack Laidlaw)
William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
"Absolutely brilliant."

1979 (2021)
(Allie Burns, book 1)
Val McDermid
"A new series from Val McDermid promises to be an event - and 1979 delivers. Full of wit, thrills and incisive social observation and features a marvellous new character to follow through the years to come."

The Cover Wife (2021)
(Claire Saylor)
Dan Fesperman
"The narrative choreography demanded by Fesperman's split timelines is expertly handled, and the dilemma faced by Helen, in particular – whether to be a good employee or a good citizen – illustrates the kind of weight that the spy novel, in the right hands, is capable of bearing."

Box 88 (2020)
(Box 88, book 1)
Charles Cumming
"BOX 88 is a wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming’s most ambitious – and his best – yet."

Bent (2020)
Joe Thomas
"Vivid, stylish, funny."

Fifty-Fifty (2020)
(Eddie Flynn, book 5)
Steve Cavanagh
"Eddie's back! Steve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business."

Pine (2020)
Francine Toon
"If there's any doubt that the Gothic thriller is enjoying a boom, Francine Toon's debut should settle the matter. PINE, a moving study of memory and loss, is both spooky and tender; drenched in a sense of place and yet eerily timeless."

The Whisper Man (2019)
Alex North
"A novel about the dark places that are recognisably our own, The Whisper Man plays on our emotions as much as on our fears. A tremendous calling card for the brilliant Alex North."

Murder in Bel Air (2019)
(Aimee Leduc, book 19)
Cara Black
"The finest PI series now being written."

On My Life (2019)
Angela Clarke
"An angry, powerful read - one of those rare crime novels with more to deliver than routine thrills."

Fade to Grey (2019)
(Gethin Grey, book 1)
John Lincoln
"A terrific ride through the mean streets of Cardiff."

Cold Bones (2019)
(DS Aector McAvoy, book 8)
David Mark
"McAvoy is a true original. So is David Mark."

A House of Ghosts (2018)
W C Ryan
"A splendid tale of wartime skullduggery, featuring both kinds of spooks - perfect fireside reading."

The Puppet Show (2018)
(Washington Poe, book 1)
M W Craven
"A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series."

The Old Religion (2018)
(Tom Killgannon, book 1)
Martyn Waites
"A chilling slice of country noir. Great stuff."

Firefly (2018)
(Paul Samson, book 1)
Henry Porter
"A welcome return ... Firefly is both timely and terrific."

My Little Eye (2018)
(Starke & Bell, book 1)
Stephanie Marland
"The first novel in what promises to be a riveting new series, My Little Eye is a one-sitting read: gripping, clever and worringly plausible."

The Craftsman (2018)
(Craftsman Trilogy, book 1)
Sharon Bolton
"Sharon Bolton raises the bar with each new book. The Craftsman goes to some very dark places, and will have readers looking nervously over their shoulders with every page they turn."

Killing State (2018)
(Michael North, book 1)
Jude O'Reilly
"Fast-paced and packed with action ... A series hero to watch."

Need to Know (2018)
Karen Cleveland
"Gripping, tense, and packed full of insider knowledge. A need-to-read."

The Girls Beneath (2018)
(Tom Mondrian, book 1)
Ross Armstrong
"Quirky, offbeat, stylish and original. I loved it."

Last Stop Tokyo (2017)
James Buckler
"A fine debut - fast-paced and bleak, with a vivid setting and gut-wrenching twists."

The Night Visitor (2017)
Lucy Atkins
"The tension is immediate and unrelenting; the sense of unease palpable . . . a gripping, Rendellesque read."

The Irregular (2017)
(Irregular Spy, book 1)
H B Lyle
"A fine first entry in what promises to be a great new series. Wiggins is a captivating hero, and Lyle draws his Edwardian backstreets in convincing color. The game is most definitely afoot."

Brothers in Blood (2017)
(Zaq & Jags, book 1)
Amer Anwar
"An engaging hero, a cunning plot, and a fascinating journey into Southall's underworld. We'll be hearing a lot more from Amer Anwar."

Before It's Too Late (2015)
(DI Will Jackman, book 1)
Jane Isaac
"An involving and clever plot; a sympathetic protagonist. In a crowded field, Jane Isaac writes like a seasoned professional."

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