The Last Dance

THE FIRST NEW SERIES FROM #1 BESTSELLER MARK BILLINGHAM IN 20 YEARS. DON'T MISS THE NEXT BOOK IN THE DETECTIVE MILLER SERIES, THE WRONG HANDS, OUT NOW! ____________ 'A captivating new series from Mark Billingham, the very best in the business' RICHARD OSMAN 'An unmitigated joy from the very first page to last' DAILY MAIL 'Funny, moving, and full of surprises . . . an absolute treat' MICK HERRON 'This new series is bursting with wit, charm and intriguing, complex characters' JANICE HALLETT 'Deserves a big fat ten' THE TIMES ____________ Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated... He's a detective, a dancer, he has no respect 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 a grieving Miller return to work to solve what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Just why were two completely unconnected men taken out? Despite a somewhat dubious relationship with both reality and his new partner, can the eccentric, offbeat Miller find answers where his colleagues have found only an impossible puzzle? ____________ WHAT REAL READERS SAY ABOUT THE LAST DANCE 'DS Miller is a wonderful, quirky character with whom I share a sense of humour. I laughed a great deal' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'An author who is anything but a one-trick pony' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Quirky, yet dark in places, Some laugh-out-loud moments that startled bus passengers sitting close by' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Very amusing and entertaining. I love Tom Thorne and now I love Declan Miller too' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'If you are a Billlingham fan you will know it's worth reading, and if you are new to this author, I'm sure you will become a fan!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, 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. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.