Collusion

By Neville, Stuart

Publishers Summary:
Praise for Stuart Neville:"Neville's novel is a coldly lucid assessment of the fragility of the Irish peace . . . a rare example of legitimate noir fiction."—The New York Times Book Review"Stuart Neville belongs to a younger generation of writers for whom the region's darkest years are history—but that history endures, as his first novel, The Ghosts of Belfast, shockingly demonstrates. . . . This noir thriller plays out in a Belfast that, even in summer sunshine, remains oppressively gray. The clannishness of its inhabitants is vividly evoked. . . . A riot scene, one of the novel's best, captures a new generation's appetite for blood and an old veteran's nostalgia. . . . In scene after gruesome scene, Neville attempts to persuade us that this time around, with this repentant murderer, the killing is different."—The Washington Post"Neville's tightly wound, emotionally resonant account of an ex-IRA hit man's struggle to conquer his past, displays an acute understanding of the true state of Northern Ireland, still under the thumb of decades of violence and terrorism."—Los Angeles Times"Stuart Neville is Ireland's answer to Henning Mankell."—Ken Bruen"The Ghosts of Belfast is a tale of revenge and reconciliation shrouded in a bloody original crime thriller. . . . Brilliant."—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"Neville's debut novel is tragic, violent, exciting, plausible, and compelling. . . . The Ghosts of Belfast is dark, powerful, insightful, and hard to put down."—BooklistWhen Detective Inspector Jack Lennon tries to track down his former lover Marie McKenna and their daughter, his superiors tell him to back off. But now an assassin stalks Belfast, tying up loose ends for a vengeance-driven old man. As Lennon unravels a conspiracy that links his daughter to a killer named Fegan, the line between friend and enemy blurs.

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ISBN
978-1-56947-855-4
Publisher
Soho Crime


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Reviewed on August 1, 2010

Former IRA gunman Gerry Fegan returns in Neville's follow-up to The Ghosts of Belfast. After (spoiler alert!) the massacre at Bull O'Kane's farmhouse, O'Kane is alive but desperate to kill Fegan, the only man to ever beat him. Fegan himself has left Northern Ireland, but a strange connection to six-year-old Ellen McKenna keeps him tied to the events of that night. When Ellen and her mother are th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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