Why We Die

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*

If you havent read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction Val McDermid, author of Past Lying

Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. Hes also a tricky plotterNew York Times Book Review

When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who robbed Sweeneys jewellery shop, shes just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesnt expect to wind up in a coffin.

But shes about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, whos dedicating whats left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husbands sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.

Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets. And death, like taxes, cant be avoided forever.