{"product_id":"the-shadow-step-mark-billingham-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\u003e\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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802167357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802167354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mark Billingham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47930605895935,"sku":"9780802167354","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0817c184-0aa5-4b94-a0ce-aa41ab4611b0.jpg?v=1766343000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shadow-step-mark-billingham-9780802167354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}