The Last DanceTHE FIRST NEW SERIES FROM #1 BESTSELLER MARK BILLINGHAM IN 20 YEARS. 'Funny, moving, and full of surprises . . . an absolute treat' MICK HERRON Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated He's a detective, a dancer, he has no respect whatsoever for authority _ and he's the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder in a seaside hotel sees grieving Miller

'Finely observed and beautifully written

But when members of London's Establishment start to receive bizarre hand-delivered parcels containing the strangest of contents

his second novel

For at midnight

has returned from the city and fallen in love precipitating a clash of the generations and reviving long-buried memories

then threatens to overwhelm

Sherlock Holmes in a story of escalating intrigue

clever plotting and a Bond-esque lead character who drives the narrative forward at every turn

What he finds there makes him realise that however desperately he wants to lay old ghosts to rest

#1 bestselling author of Glass Houses

He is intrigued and excited by the challenge

And when he emerges