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Mick Herron


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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

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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)
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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 Drop (2018)

     aka The Marylebone Drop

   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)
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Novels
   Nobody Walks (2015)
   This is What Happened (2018)
   The Secret Hours (2023)
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Collections
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Books containing stories by Mick Herron
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Vintage Crime (2020)
(Crime Writer's Association Anthology)
edited by
Martin Edwards
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Ten Year Stretch (2018)
Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction and CrimeFest
edited by
Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller

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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
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The Blue Hour (2024)
Paula Hawkins
"Reminiscent of du Maurier: art, islands, missing spouses ... A compelling piece of work, hard to put down."
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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."
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The Examiner (2024)
Janice Hallett
"Insanely readable. Hallett is an absolute original, a complete one-off."

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