{"product_id":"the-shadow-step-a-detective-miller-novel-9780802167354","title":"The Shadow Step: A Detective Miller Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Readers rejoice! A captivating new series from Mark Billingham--the very best in the business.\"--Richard Osman, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetective Miller is back and investigating his most perplexing case yet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Step: One taken simultaneously by a pair of dancers facing the same direction, one of them behind and slightly shifted leftwards (\"in the shadow\")\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfectly executed shadow step demonstrates synchronized elegance. It showcases a couple in near telepathic harmony with one another. It does not normally end with someone stone-dead in a lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDS Declan Miller is a magnet for strange cases, but an innocent man confessing to the crime? That's a first. Things rapidly escalate when the murder that isn't really a murder attracts the unwanted attention of a drug Queenpin, a deranged ex-squaddie, and a lovesick gangland enforcer. And when a real murder follows - and a student is kidnapped - all evidence points back to the same innocent man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrow in a wobbly dog, a pair of ceramic leopards, and the distracting smell from a biscuit factory, and Miller's only option to save a young man's life is to waltz all the way into the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Billingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802167354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Billingham \u003c\/b\u003ehas twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British writer, and in 2026, he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. His books, which include the critically acclaimed Tom Thorne series, have been translated into twenty-five languages and have sold more than six million copies. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark Billingham \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48719990718621,"sku":"9780802167354","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f5116446-3166-4133-a443-e8b500a02767.jpg?v=1785313643","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-shadow-step-a-detective-miller-novel-9780802167354","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}