The first novel from Mick Herron, better known as the author of the Slow Horses series, has recently been adapted for television by Apple. The series stars one of my favorites, Emma Thompson, as private detective Zoe Bloom. This book is marketed as the first entry in “the Zoe Bloom series.” But for all that, there’s precious little Zoe Bloom in it. Our focus is primarily on Sarah Tucker, an Oxford housewife (of the reluctant variety.) Sarah is begrudgingly hosting a dinner party for one […]
Oxford Bomber
Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron



