"In this well-crafted and intriguing series debut, Neville evokes the terrors of living in Belfast during "the Troubles" and manages to makes Fegan, a murderer many times over, a sympathetic character...The buzz around this novel is well deserved and readers will be anticipating the next book in the series."—Library Journal, Starred Review

"...a crime novel that counts among the best brought out this calendar year..."—Los Angeles Times

"The best first novel I've read in years ... It's a flat out terror trip. "—James Ellroy, author of L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia

"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, author of Once Were Cops

"Neville has the talent to believably blend the tropes of the crime novel and those of a horror, in the process creating a page-turning thriller akin to a collaboration between John Connolly and Stephen King. . . [The Ghosts of Belfast] is a superb thriller, and one of the first great post-Troubles novels to emerge from Northern Ireland. "—Sunday Independent (UK)

"Neville's debut is as unrelenting as Fegan's ghosts, pulling no punches as it describes the brutality of Ireland's “troubles” and the crime that has followed, as violent men find new outlets for their skills. Sharp prose places readers in this pitiless place and holds them there. Harsh and unrelenting crime fiction, masterfully done."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"[A] stunning debut...This is not only an action-packed, visceral thriller but also an insightful insider's glimpse into the complex political machinations and networks that maintain the uneasy truce in Northern Ireland."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"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, author of The Reapers

"Stuart Neville's superb debut novel...is a brilliant thriller: unbearably tense, stomach-churningly frightening...This is the best fictional representation of the Troubles I have come across, a future classic of its time. Stuart Neville has finally given Northern Ireland the novel its singular history deserves. "—The Observer (UK)