Reading order · 4 books · 2003 to 2009 · Set in Oxford
Zoë Boehm Books in Order
Zoë Boehm is a private investigator in Oxford, tough and unsentimental, who first appears in a case brought to her by a bored housewife.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2003 to 2009
- First book
- Down Cemetery Road
- Latest
- Smoke and Whispers (2009)
- Setting
- Set in Oxford
The reading order
Every Zoë Boehm book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in Oxford
- 1Down Cemetery Road2003With Sarah TuckerSarah Tucker, a bored Oxford housewife, sees a house explode in her street, and when a young girl rescued from the blast disappears from hospital, she sets out to find her, with the reluctant help of private investigator Zoë Boehm.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Last Voice You Hear2004With Zoë BoehmWhen a young woman dies at a railway station and her lover fails to appear at her funeral, a reluctant Zoë Boehm begins searching for him, and fears he may have found her first.Buy on Amazon
- 3Why We Die2006With Zoë BoehmZoë agrees to track down the gang that robbed a jewellery shop, and ends up entangled with a man protecting a widow from her late husband’s dangerous brothers.Buy on Amazon
- 4Smoke and Whispers2009With Zoë BoehmWhen a body identified as Zoë Boehm is pulled from the River Tyne, her friend Sarah Tucker travels north to find out what really happened.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Down Cemetery Road.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Zoë Boehm | Sarah Tucker |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Down Cemetery Road | MMajor | LLead |
| 2 The Last Voice You Hear | LLead | |
| 3 Why We Die | LLead | |
| 4 Smoke and Whispers | LLead |
Characters in the Zoë Boehm books
2 characters from Mick Herron’s chart, with the number of Zoë Boehm books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Zoë BoehmOxford private investigator | 4 | Down Cemetery Road 2003 |
| Sarah TuckerOxford woman who searches for a missing girl | 1 | Down Cemetery Road 2003 |