Those We Left Behind

The Belfast Novels

By: Stuart Neville

Narrated by: Michelle Ferguson

Blood has always been thicker than water for two Northern Irish brothers caught in the Belfast foster system, but a debt of past violence will be paid not just by them but also by those they left behind.

Ciaran Devine, who made Belfast headlines seven years ago as the "schoolboy killer", is about to walk free. At the age of 12, 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. But DCI Serena Flanagan, the only officer who could convince a young, frightened Ciaran to speak, has silently harbored doubts about his confession all this time.

Ciaran's release means several things: a long-anticipated reunion with Thomas, who still wields a dangerous influence over his younger brother; the call to action of a man bent on revenge for his father's death; and major trouble for Ciaran's assigned probation officer. Meanwhile, Serena Flanagan has just returned to the force from her battle with breast cancer, only to endure the pitying looks of her coworkers and a mountain of open case files. She will soon discover that even closed cases can unleash terror on the streets of Belfast.

©2015 Stuart Neville (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Worth the wait!!

Where does Those We Left Behind rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Outstanding.

Any additional comments?

Stuart Neville's Ghosts of Belfast introduced me to Celtic Noir. It was my "gateway drug" to brilliant suspense writers like Adrian McKinty, Tana French and Stuart MacBride. It's been some time since his last novel was released, but this was worth the wait. At once tough and heartbreaking, he creates characters that are multi-dimensional, mysterious and engaging. The last few chapters were real white-knucklers, kept me mesmerized and holding my breath right to the end. Hope he brings back some of these characters.. Excellent!

Good story

Good story,consistent with what we know & love from this author.
It took some getting used with new narrator. Not a voice I would have chosen bUT it's liveable.

One last Stuart Neville's Book should

be available! I love them. There is still one Audible does not have: So Say the Fallen. It is the second Serena Flanagan book. I get completely caught up in his characters and their world. These Irish thrillers seem so real, and the narrator is perfect.

want the last book of the series offered in the us

I fell in love with this series because of Doyle's characteristics and Steve's development but now all the way through to this one and can't finish the serious

Excellent performance of a great story

Stuart Neville did an excellent job with this and it is narrated beautifully. I loved every minute.