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Those We Left Behind

(2015)
(The first book in the DCI Serena Flanagan series)
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DCI 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 prison

DCI Serena Flanagan hasn’t heard the boy’s name in years.

Not since the blood on the wall and the body in the bedroom.

Not since she listened as he confessed to brutally murdering his foster father.

But now Ciaran Devine is out of prison and back in her life. And so is his brother, Thomas – the brother that Flanagan always suspected of hiding something.

When Ciaran’s probation officer comes Flanagan with fresh fears about the Devines, the years of lies begin to unravel, setting a deadly chain of events in motion.

‘Deeply chilling, but full of tenderness…utterly compelling…
The best book yet from a hugely talented writer
Sunday Mirror

‘A quietly
superb, sensitive plot’
The Times

A must read
Irish Times

'
DCI Serena Flanagan is the hero for whom we've all been waiting'
Megan Abbott

Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"Those We Left Behind is a great, brawling ache of a novel. Filled with both prickling suspense and fiercely wrought emotion, it’s a tale of the burdens of family and the weight of the past. And at its center, holding it all together, is DCI Serena Flanagan, the bruised and compassionate hero for whom we’ve all been waiting." - Megan Abbott

"In the world of modern crime fiction, Stuart Neville is a supernova. I buy his books the day they’re released because I can’t wait to see where he takes me next. And I’m never disappointed." - Dennis Lehane


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