Those We Left Behind
For two brothers, a debt of violence will be paid over a lifetime.Ciaran Devine, who made Belfast headlines seven years ago as the “schoolboy killer,” is about to walk free. At the age of twelve, he confessed to the brutal murder of his foster father; his testimony mitigated the sentence of his...
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For two brothers, a debt of violence will be paid over a lifetime.Ciaran Devine, who made Belfast headlines seven years ago as the “schoolboy killer,” is about to walk free. At the age of twelve, he confessed to the brutal murder of his foster father; his testimony mitigated the sentence of his older brother, Thomas, who was also found at the crime scene, covered in blood.
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ISBN:
9781846556968
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Pages no: 361
Edition language: English
Several chapters will roll by in Stuart Neville’s chilling novel, Those We Left Behind, before you find out why everyone fears the Devine brothers. Until that point, all we know is that Ciaran Devine has just gotten out of a juvenile detention facility and been placed in a hostel for other juvenile ...
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This had a bit of a slow start but soon gathered pace. I did enjoy the book, but felt DCI Flanagan was too much of a maverick, so much so that she became an irritant. Would read other books by this author.
Thrilling read. Stuart Neville never fails to satisfy!