Stuart Neville's first novel, The Twelve, was one of the most critically acclaimed crime debuts of recent years, winning the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best thriller. Collusion, Stolen Souls, Ratlines (shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger) and The Final Silence have garnered widespread praise, confirming his position as one of the most exciting crime authors writing today. www.stuartneville.com
Gripping from start to finish. Neville's economical yet nuanced prose style drives the plot forward at breakneck speed while building complex characters with the deftness that defines a thriller writer at the top of his game * Sunday Independent * Deftly plotted, fast paced and the denouement packs a real punch -- Laura Wilson * Guardian * This pacey, exciting thriller is Neville's best yet * Sunday Mirror * Crisply written and fast-moving, the novel has a brutal honesty that confirms Neville's place in the first division of crime writers * Spectator * Crime fiction doesn't get much better -- Lee Child