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An armed man takes hostages at a nursery school.




April 2008 | Fiction
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-56947-504-1


“Dazzling.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)


“Thoroughly worth reading.”
— Booklist

“Stylish and engaging.”
— Washington Post

“Tough, bright and highly promising.”
—Chicago Tribune


Jaime is trying to find his lover, Miro, who is missing together with a huge sum of money intended for reconstruction work in Iraq. Everyone has secrets, including those outside, who would like Jaime silenced.




Mick Herron lives in Oxford. His novels, Why We Die, The Last Voice You Hear, and Down Cemetary Road all follow a group of Oxford residents.

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