STUART NEVILLE

As Irish people prepare to welcome President John F Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. He is the third foreign national to die within a few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey is desperate to protect a shameful secret: dead men were all former Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government.

STUART NEVILLESooner or later, everybody pays - and the dead will set the price. Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan is haunted by his victims, twelve souls who shadow his every waking day and scream through every drunken night. Just as he reaches the edge of sanity they reveal their desire: vengeance on those who engineered their deaths.

Gerry Fegan es un borracho que intenta ahogar en whisky la visión de las doce personas a las que asesinó como pistolero del IRA. Hasta que uno de esos espectros le revela el porqué de su presencia y el politico republicano Michael McKenna acaba con una bala en la cabeza.Gerry se habia prometido no volver a matar. Pero eliminar a sus antiguos compañeros parece ser el unico camino para que los fantasmas lo dejen tranquilo. Desgraciadamente, el Gobierno britanico no ve con buenos ojos que la sangre vuelva a correr por tierras norirlandesas. Y el agente secreto David Campbell emprendera una caza del hombre que de paso le permita saldar viejas rencillas.Con la crudeza de James Ellroy y el trasfondo social de Henning Mankell, Los fantasmas de Belfast representa una experiencia vibrante que no dejara a nadie imperterrito: leerla es como seguir un proyectil cuyo destino y victimas ignoramos por completo.

Han transcurrido algunos meses desde el tiroteo que dejó al mafioso Bull O'Kane con dos balas en el cuerpo. Aún postrado por sus heridas, contrata a un asesino a sueldo para que acabe con los tes

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKDCI Serena Flanagan is forced to confront a disturbing case from her past: the murder conviction of a 12-year-old-boy who has just been released from prisonDCI Serena Flanagan hasnt heard the boys name in years.

A dead man's legacy - Rea Carlisle inherits a house from an uncle she never knew - and with it a leather-bound book containing fingernails, locks of hair and a list of victims. A grisly family secret - Horrified, Rea turns to the only person she can think of: old flame DI Jack Lennon. But Lennon has his own troubles, and they only get worse when a brutal murder places him in the crosshairs of DCI Serena Flanagan. A killer with nothing left to lose Hounded by a police force that doesn't trust him, it's up to Lennon to unravel the secrets of the dead man's journal and a conspiracy that's stayed buried for decades.

Now his brother is dead, and hes determined to find - and destroy - the woman responsible. ...And neither one will rest till she is deadOn the other side of the city, Detective Inspector Lennon wants a quiet Christmas with his six year old daughter.

Sooner or later, everybody pays - and the dead will set the price...Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he has slaughtered. Every night he drowns their screams in drink, on the point of losing his mind. Then one of the ghosts offers Fegan a solution: kill those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all must pay the price. But when Fegan's vendetta threatens to derail Northern Ireland's peace process and destabilise its fledgling government, old comrades and enemies alike want him gone. The secrets of a dirty war should stay buried: even if its ghosts do not.

This is the gripping new DCI Serena Flanagan thriller from the bestselling author of Those We Left Behind. "Stuart Neville is...a crime-writing star." (Mark Billingham). DCI Serena Flanagan is asked to sign off the suicide of a severely disabled businessman. It should be an open and shut case. But something doesn't feel right, and soon the grieving widow's relationship with a local vicar sounds an alarm. With no evidence to back her up, however, have Serena's instincts led her down the wrong path? Under pressure at home and ignoring orders from her superiors, she must discover the truth. It's an investigation that may cost Serena her job - and her family. Praise for Stuart Neville: "Stuart Neville...never forgets the human heart that beats inside the bleakest darkness." (Val McDermid). "In the world of modern crime fiction, Stuart Neville is a supernova...I can't wait to see where he takes me next." (Dennis Lehane). "There's a chilling core to this pitch dark and powerful thriller." (Sunday Mirror).