THE TWELVE Highlighed in the Irish Times

The 29th November 2008 edition of the Irish Times featured various literary and political figures listing their books of 2008. Among them was best-selling author John Connolly, who said:

"Meanwhile, this was a good year for Irish crime fiction, with strong additions from Declan Hughes, Tana French, Paul Charles and Brian McGilloway, among others. I suspect, though, that one of the crime novels of the year in 2009 will be Stuart Neville's stunning debut, The Twelve (Harvill Secker, £12.99), which is, I think, the best mystery to have emerged so far from the aftermath of the Troubles. I read it in a single sitting, and it marks a major step forward for the genre in this country."

John previously described THE TWELVE as: "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."

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/1129/1227828902006.html