Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down Cemetery Road | 2003 | Mick Herron | Buy |
| 2 | The Last Voice You Hear | 2004 | Mick Herron | Buy |
| 3 | Why We Die | 2006 | Mick Herron | Buy |
| 4 | Smoke and Whispers | 2009 | Mick Herron | Buy |
The Zoe Boehm series was Mick Herron’s first published work. The four novels follow Zoe Boehm, a private investigator in Oxford, through cases that grow increasingly complex. Published between 2003 and 2009, the series established Herron as a crime writer before he turned to spy fiction.
The books are darker and more grounded than the Slough House novels, with a focus on investigation and personal danger rather than espionage bureaucracy.