{"product_id":"9781408722039","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Shadow Step : The remarkable Detective Miller is back with a riveting new mystery by Mark Billingham","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 02\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new Detective Miller thriller from bestselling author Mark Billingham, full of tension, wit and incredible twists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTypically, such a step perfectly demonstrates synchronized elegance. It showcases a couple in near telepathic harmony with one another. \u003cb\u003eIt does not normally end with someone stone-dead in a lake.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDS Declan Miller is a magnet for strange cases, but how can he catch a killer when the man confessing to the crime is clearly innocent? Things rapidly escalate when the murder that isn't really a murder at all attracts the unwanted attention of a drugs Queenpin, a deranged ex-squaddie and a lovesick gangland enforcer. Then a student is kidnapped...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrow in a wobbly dog, a pair of ceramic leopards and the distracting smell from a local biscuit factory, and - if he wants to save a young man's life - Miller has little choice but to waltz all the way into the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368833036661,"sku":"9781408722039","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781408722039.jpg?v=1763551039","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781408722039","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}