The Shadow Step: Signed Edition
Hardback Published on: 02/07/2026
Price: £22.00
Synopsis
The new Detective Miller thriller from bestselling author Mark Billingham, full of tension, wit and incredible twists.
The 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')
Typically, such a step perfectly 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.
DS 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...
Throw 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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9781408738573
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 238 x 162 x 38 mm
- Weight: 624g
- Languages: English
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Gloriously funny and murderously good
I'm so pleased this is going forth as a series, as it's one of the most enjoyable out there right now. Declan Miller is perfect, just because he's not perf... READ MORE
Brilliant read
The third instalment in the Detective Declan Miller series is an absolute joy to read. Miller is quirky, dry, and deliciously sarcastic, with a wit that g... READ MORE
Brilliantly funny.
DS Declan Miller is tends to get the unusual and bizarre cases, and the one he has been assigned is no different.Miller has a man claiming he’s guilty for ... READ MORE
Neuro-divergent Ballroom Dancing Cop Solves the Crime!
I faced this book with some trepidation as I had found the first of the series, The Last Dance, quite difficult (after Thorne) because of a whole new level... READ MORE
The Shadow Step
A sharp, witty crime thriller with an intriguing impossible-murder mystery at its heart. DS Declan Miller is a brilliant lead — funny, flawed, and endlessl... READ MORE
A Cracking Crime Read
I’d been looking forward to reading this and it definitely lived up to my expectations. It’s one of those books where you sit down intending to read a coup... READ MORE
Brilliant as always
I really love Mark Billingham books and have really enjoyed the Tom Thorne series - so Detective Declan Miller was always going to be a hard act to follow.... READ MORE
A fantastic read!
Detective Miller is a very unconventional Detective , his methods and his humour makes him one of the kind!
This book had me hooked from the first page .... READ MORE
The perfect dose of crime, humour, and escapism
A young man is found in the pond of the local park. There is nothing to suggest that this was anything other than an accident. Until Barry, who had an alte... READ MORE
Declan Miller book 3
Detective Declan Miller book 3. When I started this book I found Detective Miller and infuriating character, with his witty comments and none too serious b... READ MORE
Excellent thriller with lots of humour throughout
This is a Mark Billingham Niven so it goes without saying that it's going to be at the very least, good. It's way better than good though and is actually e... READ MORE
The accidental death of a drug dealer causes chaos for Declan
DS Declan Miller is a widower, his wife (also a copper) having been murdered. His step-daughter is a drug addict, not unusual in Blackpool, living rough an... READ MORE
A brilliantly funny and gripping mystery that kept me completely glued to my sun lounger
As a fan of Mark Billingham, I was absolutely buzzing to get stuck into this third instalment of the Detective Miller series. I actually haven't read the f... READ MORE
Tongue-in-cheek police novel!
DS Declan Miller isn’t your run-of-the-mill police officer, his attempt at humour doesn’t always go down well with his boss DI Tim Sullivan or DC Sara Xiu,... READ MORE
Tension and darkness with laugh out loud humour
Mark Billingham is back with the third instalment in the excellent DS Declan Miller series. The Shadow Step takes his eccentrically brilliant detective to ... READ MORE
Fantastic read
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I’ve always loved Mark Billingham’s Tom Thorne novels but I’m starting to think I might love Declan Miller a little bit more. This is the 3rd one ... READ MORE
As entertaining as the first two in the series
The Shadow Step is the third book in the DS Declan Miller series, written by Mark Billingham.
DS Miller’s third outing starts with a non-case, that then... READ MORE
Great addition to the Declan Miller series
I really love Mark Billingham books and have really enjoyed the Tom Thorne series - so Detective Declan Miller was always going to be a hard act to follow.... READ MORE
A Brilliant Comedic Thriller
DCI Miller returns in his third outing in this excellent comedic thriller. This book is a much lighter tone than Billinghams Tom Thorne series, with Mille... READ MORE
A Definite Winner
Declan Miller returns in The Shadow Step by Mark Billingham and it is another excellent book with great main and supporting storylines with some nice humou... READ MORE
Another entertaining crime novel from one of the best writers in the business
"The Shadow Step" is the third novel in the DS Declan Miller series by Mark Billingham.
The series was launched in 2023, with "The Last Dance" and follow... READ MORE
A page turner
In 'The Shadow Step' by Mark Billingham, DS Declan Millar is back investigating a crime linked to the Cutler family's drug empire. A domino effect is unlea... READ MORE
Captivating read
The Shadow Step is the much anticipated sequel in the Detective Miller series that doesn't disappoint and is gripping from the first to the last page.
T... READ MORE