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Zoe Boehm Books in Order

Zoe Boehm by Mick Herron contains 4 books, published between 2003 and 2009. The first book is Down Cemetery Road (2003) and the newest is Smoke and Whispers (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2003–2009
Confirmed
4 of 4 titles
Total pages
1,304 across 4 books
Reading time
22–33 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,304 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Zoe Boehm is a private investigator in a four-book crime series by Mick Herron, set in England. Down Cemetery Road (2003) starts the sequence, followed by The Last Voice You Hear (2004), Why We Die (2006) and Smoke and Whispers (2009). Missing persons, murder and suspense define the subject tags. No further Zoe Boehm novel has appeared since 2009.

How many Zoe Boehm books are there?

Zoe Boehm has 4 books, released between 2003 and 2009.

Zoe Boehm Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Zoe Boehm books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron, book 1 of the Zoe Boehm series (2003)
  2. Cover of The Last Voice You Hear by Mick Herron, book 2 of the Zoe Boehm series (2004)
  3. Cover of Smoke and Whispers by Mick Herron, book 4 of the Zoe Boehm series (2009)
  1. 1
    Down Cemetery Road2003 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    The Last Voice You Hear2004 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Why We Die2006 · 328 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006328
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Smoke and Whispers2009 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Is there a chronological order for Zoe Boehm?

No separate chronological order is on record for Zoe Boehm, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Zoe Boehm books in order?

You should read the Zoe Boehm books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Zoe Boehm book also stands alone.

Where to start with Zoe Boehm

Start with Down Cemetery Road (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Zoe Boehm book?

Smoke and Whispers (2009) is the newest Zoe Boehm book released so far.

Is there a new Zoe Boehm book coming?

No next Zoe Boehm book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Zoe Boehm at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Zoe Boehm title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Zoe Boehm books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,304 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Zoe Boehm books, 4 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
4 of the 4 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Zoe Boehm books are about

All 4 Zoe Boehm books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mick Herron

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Mick Herron

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.