Stolen Souls
Stuart Neville
Stolen Souls
It is snowing, she's barefoot, but Galya runs. Her captors are close behind her, and she won't go back there, no matter what. Tricked into coming to Belfast with the offer of a good job, all she wants now is to get back home. Her only hope is a man who gave her a cross and a phone number, telling her to call if she escaped. She puts herself at his mercy, knowing she has nowhere else to turn. Detective Inspector Jack Lennon wants a quiet Christmas with his daughter. When an apparent turf war between rival gangs leaves a string of bodies across the city, he knows he won't get it. As Lennon digs deeper he discovers the truth is far more threatening. Soon he is locked in a deadly race with two very different killers.
3.7 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
|
Omniscore:
|
| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
320 |
| RRP |
£12.99 |
| Date of Publication |
January 2012 |
| ISBN |
978-1846555992 |
| Publisher |
Harvill Secker |
| |
It is snowing, she's barefoot, but Galya runs. Her captors are close behind her, and she won't go back there, no matter what. Tricked into coming to Belfast with the offer of a good job, all she wants now is to get back home. Her only hope is a man who gave her a cross and a phone number, telling her to call if she escaped. She puts herself at his mercy, knowing she has nowhere else to turn. Detective Inspector Jack Lennon wants a quiet Christmas with his daughter. When an apparent turf war between rival gangs leaves a string of bodies across the city, he knows he won't get it. As Lennon digs deeper he discovers the truth is far more threatening. Soon he is locked in a deadly race with two very different killers.
The Twelve by Stuart Neville
Reviews
The Times
Marcel Berlins
“Stuart Neville’s mastery of Belfast Noir continues. I doubted that he could approach his stunning debut, Twelve, but Stolen Souls, his third, is as powerful and as excellent … It’s a tough, tense story, occasionally gory but with a core of humanity. Above all, it’s spectacularly written.”
28/01/2012
Read Full Review
The Mirror
Unknown
“Although only his third novel … Stolen Souls shows an unflinching mastery of such dark and disturbing material, and it smacks of a master at work.”
30/01/2012
Read Full Review
The Guardian
John O'Connell
“Neville's third outing confirms him as the king of Belfast noir – though that barely does justice to the hellish landscape he has made it his job to chronicle … Inspector Jack Lennon returns, and there may be momentary confusion for those who haven't read The Twelve by Stuart Neville and Collusion ... You read Stolen Souls wincing, in thrall to Neville's brilliance but wishing you weren't.”
20/01/2012
Read Full Review
The Scotsman
Tom Adair
“It moves so fast you barely notice when credibility is stretched. Neville peppers his prose with details — street names, weapons knowledge, the modus operandi of cops and criminals — sounding streetwise without betraying a whiff of research. Stolen Souls leaves enough loose ends for a couple of follow-ups, and one hopes that Lennon’s love life might be allowed more air to breathe. A pent-up hero makes it hard for the reader to care, beyond admiring the sheer bravado and accomplishment of the prose as it sends him hurtling towards bestsellerland.”
22/01/2012
Read Full Review
The Sunday Times
Joan Smith
“[A] satisfying book, dealing in a humane way with the plight of trafficked women … Scary, but always humane.”
15/01/2012
Read Full Review