Barbican Station – The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Herron – Explored

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In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s second novel in the Oxford series, The Last Voice You Hear, with prolific author, Antony Johnston. We start with some spoiler free discussion of the book before getting into the novel’s take on city life, Herron’s fake outs and the Goldilocks dilemma for mysteries – how many villains is just right?

Plus serial killers, subway creepers and Chekhov’s Ostrich!?!

All that and more in this episode!

Antony Johnston’s Website – https://antonyjohnston.com/

Antony’s newsletter – https://ajwriter.substack.com/

Antony’s Dog Sitter Detective series – https://dogsitterdetective.com/

Antony’s book Can You Solve the Murder? – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776484/can-you-solve-the-murder-by-antony-johnston/

My conversation with Antony for the Spybrary Podcast – https://spybrary.com/spy-graphic-novelist-antony-johnston-chats-with-jeff-quest-112/

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