Reviews of COLLUSION

"Riveting sequel ... almost operatic. A feast for thriller fans." - Booklist (starred review)

"Neville's sophomore effort is just as well written and just as violent as his debut, winner of the LA Times book prize for best crime fiction 2009. Neville creates sympathy for his characters in the midst of violence and betrayal and reveals Northern Ireland as a country still under the effects of decades of terror." - Library Journal (starred review)

"Irish author Neville follows his stunning debut with an even more powerful tale of revenge, violence, and redemption. Neville rides the perfect Celtic storm in an action-packed, cerebral thriller." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"If you liked Neville's debut thriller The Twelve last year, his second is even better. Utterly authentic and with a bone-crunching punch, Collusion suggests Neville may just have the talent to rival his hero James Ellroy when it comes to harsh, black thrillers." - Daily Mail

"James Ellroy and Val McDermid were among admirers of Stuart Neville's corpse-filled debut The Twelve, and his follow-up Collusion is another mesmerising Belfast blood bath. The Traveller and O'Kane are memorably grotesque creations, and Neville's violent showdowns rival those in Jacobean revenge plays." - Sunday Times

"Brisk, addictive and possessing an expert sense of when to play the 'supernatural' card, Collusion is a worthy successor to one of last year's best thrillers." - The Guardian

"Neville's latest is a fast-paced, coolly plotted follow-up to last year's brilliant 'The Twelve'. You'll read it in an afternoon." - Time Out (best beach reads feature)

"Collusion is a gripping thriller that transcends its genre through an unflinching examination of how 40 years of internecine strife has left unhealed scars that resonate in all levels of life in the North today." - Irish Independent

"Neville's no-holds-barred approach doesn't waver in this gritty second outing. Though there's a more obvious trajectory to this story, he still displays a knack for building excruciating tension, a brutal glee in exposing what's rotten at the core of today's Northern Ireland and a penchant for describing grim injuries." - Metro

"Neville's latest tale of redemption and retribution expertly combines razor-sharp writing and expert pacing, and as a result Collusion brims with suspense from start to finish."- Ulster Tatler (Book of the month)

"The corrosive influence of collusion spreads throughout the novel, and it's absolutely compulsive reading. Remarkably, Neville manages to make you feel sympathy for the cast of deadly criminals at its heart." - Waterstones Books Quarterly

"If anything, COLLUSION is a stronger book than THE TWELVE, with a multi-layered storyline, the levels of official and unofficial deception and self-deception unravelling like an onion. A quality political thriller." - Eurocrime.co.uk

"Collusion is indeed a fully realized sequel as powerful as the first novel ... a disturbing, unrelenting, and vivid trip into the nightmare aftermath of social, criminal, and personal death and destruction." - International Noir Fiction