Collusion

Former hit man, Gerry Fegan, is in New York, hiding from a past he escaped at a terrible cost. But he has made a fatal mistake; he spared the life of Bull O'Kane, a ruthless man who will stop at nothing to get his revenge on those who were present at a devastating attack at his farm house. Determined to see Fegan and the other witnesses dead, O'Kane calls in the Traveller, an assassin without pity or remorse, a killer of the purest kind. Back in Belfast, Detective Inspector Jack Lennon, father of one of the witnesses, is caught up in a web of official secrets and lies as he tries to uncover the whereabouts of his daughter. But the closer he gets to the truth about what happened at O'Kane's farm, the more his superiors warn him off and Lennon soon realises that his only hope may lie in an alliance with Fegan, the man his force tried to put away. A fast-paced thriller about duty and revenge, "Collusion" is the blistering sequel to "The Twelve," one of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years.

ISBN 0099535351   Pages 512 ISBN13 9780099535355 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 261 Publisher Vintage   Published in London Imprint Vintage   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 18 Aug 2011   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 823.92   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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."--"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."--"Booklist""From the Hardcover edition."

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