Stolen Souls - Hardcover

Neville, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569479836 ISBN 13: 9781569479834

Publisher: Soho Crime, 2011

Synopsis

Galya Petrova travels to Ireland on a promise that she will work for a nice Russian family, teaching their children English. Instead, she is dragged into the world of modern slavery, sold to a Belfast brothel, and held there against her will.

She escapes at a terrible cost—the slaying of one of her captors—and takes refuge with a man who offers his help. As the traffickers she fled scour the city for her, seeking revenge for their fallen comrade, Galya faces an even greater danger: her savior is not what he seems. She is not the first trafficked girl to have crossed his threshold, and she must fight to avoid their fate.

Detective Inspector Jack Lennon wants a quiet Christmas with his daughter, but when an apparent turf war between rival gangs leaves bodies across the city, he knows he won't get it. As he digs deeper into the case, he realizes an escaped prostitute is the cause of the violence, and soon he is locked in a deadly race with two very different killers.

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Review

Praise for "Stolen Souls"
"Top-notch Irish crime fiction ... one senses a diamond-hard stillness at the heart of Neville's prose, despite the hurtling plot. This leaves us poised between savoring the beauty of his words and reading madly to get to the end."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Gripping, compassionate and packed with wonderfully realised characters, this is a book that will stay with you long after you finish it. Just three books in and Stuart Neville is already a crime-writing star."--Mark Billingham, author of "Lazybones"
"Neville slowly ratchets up the tension--and the violence--until each page practically twangs with suspense."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Vivid characters and atmosphere.... 'The gray and the rain and the hate' of Lennon's Belfast make these streets among the very meanest in the genre."--"Booklist
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"You read "Stolen Souls" wincing, in thrall to Neville's brilliance but wishing you weren't." --"Guardian"
"Neville excels at conjuring up memorable details.... A gripping excursion into the nightside of humanity, but it is not without its richness and insights. It burrows into your brain like the best dark fairy tales."--"Mystery Scene"
Praise for Stuart Neville:
"Neville's novel is a coldly lucid assessment of the fragility of the Irish peace ... a rare example of legitimate noir fiction."--"The New York Times Book Review"
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"Stuart Neville belongs to a younger generation of writers for whom the region's darkest years are history--but that history endures, as his first novel, 'The Ghosts of Belfast, ' shockingly demonstrates.... This noir thriller plays out in a Belfast that, even in summer sunshine, remains oppressively gray. The clannishness of its inhabitants is vividly evoked.... A riot scene, one of the novel's best, captures a new generation's appetite for blood and an old veteran's nostalgia.... In scene after gruesome scene, Neville attempts to persuade us that this time around, wi

""Stolen Souls "is a nightmare story in the most noir place on earth, told by an exceptional talent. Crime fiction doesn't get much better than that."
Lee Child
Top-notch Irish crime fiction ... one senses a diamond-hard stillness at the heart of Neville's prose, despite the hurtling plot. This leaves us poised between savoring the beauty of his words and reading madly to get to the end.
"Los Angeles Times""
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"Stolen Souls" offers harrowing, uncompromising suspense.
Val McDermid
"Gripping, compassionate and packed with wonderfully realised characters, this is a book that will stay with you long after you finish it. Just three books in and Stuart Neville is already a crime-writing star."
Mark Billingham, author of "Lazybones"
""Stolen Souls "is another winner from a man who's rapidly establishing himself as a top-notch thriller writer. Great stuff."
Simon Kernick"
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You read "Stolen Souls" wincing, in thrall to Neville's brilliance but wishing you weren't. "Guardian"
A no-frills thriller that barrels along at a ferocious pace.... Belfast looms large as a character in itself, its warren of streets simultaneously offering threat and the hope of salvation in a novel that explores not only the dark heart of the Irish sex trade but also the twisted motivations of the men who so brutally exploit women.
"Irish Times"
If you by chance have never read Stuart Neville s Belfast Trilogy, it s time to redeem yourself.
"Grift Magazine"
Neville excels at conjuring up memorable details.... A gripping excursion into the nightside of humanity, but it is not without its richness and insights. It burrows into your brain like the best dark fairy tales.
"Mystery Scene""

"Stolen Souls is a nightmare story in the most noir place on earth, told by an exceptional talent. Crime fiction doesn't get much better than that."
--Lee Child

"Top-notch Irish crime fiction ... one senses a diamond-hard stillness at the heart of Neville's prose, despite the hurtling plot. This leaves us poised between savoring the beauty of his words and reading madly to get to the end."
--Los Angeles Times

"Stolen Souls offers harrowing, uncompromising suspense."
--Val McDermid

"Gripping, compassionate and packed with wonderfully realised characters, this is a book that will stay with you long after you finish it. Just three books in and Stuart Neville is already a crime-writing star."
--Mark Billingham, author of Lazybones

"Stolen Souls is another winner from a man who's rapidly establishing himself as a top-notch thriller writer. Great stuff."
--Simon Kernick

"You read Stolen Souls wincing, in thrall to Neville's brilliance but wishing you weren't." --Guardian

"A no-frills thriller that barrels along at a ferocious pace.... Belfast looms large as a character in itself, its warren of streets simultaneously offering threat and the hope of salvation in a novel that explores not only the dark heart of the Irish sex trade but also the twisted motivations of the men who so brutally exploit women."
--Irish Times

"If you by chance have never read Stuart Neville's Belfast Trilogy, it's time to redeem yourself."
--Grift Magazine

"Neville excels at conjuring up memorable details.... A gripping excursion into the nightside of humanity, but it is not without its richness and insights. It burrows into your brain like the best dark fairy tales."
--Mystery Scene

Book Description

Another page-turning triumph from the phenomenal crime writer, featuring Detective Inspector Jack Lennon and a new gutsy heroine

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1569479836
• ISBN 13: 9781569479834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 354