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The Twelve
(2009)(The Ghosts of Belfast)
(The first book in the Jack Lennon Investigation series)
A novel by Stuart Neville
Anthony Awards Best First Novel (nominee)
Dilys Awards Best Book (nominee)
Fegan has been a 'hard man,' an IRA killer in northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by twelve ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he's going to have to kill the men who gave him orders.
As he's working his way down the list he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too. Now he has given Fate - and his quarry - a hostage. Is this Fegan's ultimate mistake?
Genre: Mystery
As he's working his way down the list he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too. Now he has given Fate - and his quarry - a hostage. Is this Fegan's ultimate mistake?
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"The Ghosts of Belfast is the book when the world finally sits up and goes WOW, the Irish really have taken over the world of crime writing. Stuart Neville is Ireland's answer to Henning Mankell." - Ken Bruen
"Not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times." - John Connolly
"The best first novel I have read in years." - James Ellroy
"Not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times." - John Connolly
"The best first novel I have read in years." - James Ellroy
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Used availability for Stuart Neville's The Twelve
Hardback Editions
May 2010 : UK Hardback

Title: The Twelve
Author(s): Stuart Neville
ISBN: 1-4448-0122-8 / 978-1-4448-0122-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Ltd
Availability: Amazon UK
February 2010 : USA Hardback
October 2009 : USA Hardback
2009 : Hardback
Paperback Editions
June 2021 : USA Paperback
January 2016 : USA Paperback
July 2012 : Paperback
July 2012 : USA Paperback
October 2010 : Paperback
September 2010 : USA Paperback
June 2010 : UK Paperback
July 2009 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
May 2016 : USA MP3 CD
October 2009 : USA Audio edition
October 2009 : Australia Audio edition

Title: The Ghosts of Belfast
Author(s): Stuart Neville
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon AU
October 2009 : Canada Audio edition

Title: The Ghosts of Belfast
Author(s): Stuart Neville
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon CA
October 2009 : UK Audio edition
Kindle Editions
October 2009 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
July 2009 : Australia, UK Kindle edition