Collusion

So you read our post on Stuart Neville’s blistering thriller The Ghosts of Belfast last week and you ran out and bought the book. Well read-up because the sequel is set for release in August. In fact, here’s a little taste of Collusion:

“McSorley hit the switch to roll down the rear window and pulled close to the hedgerow so the cops wouldn’t see. He watched his side mirror as Hughes’s hand flicked a small brown cube into the greenery. “Arsehole,” he repeated.

Comiskey peered between the seats. “They’re not getting any closer,” he said. “Maybe they won’t pull us.”

McSorley said nothing. He raised the rear window again. The car rounded a bend onto a long straight, the road falling away in a shallow descent before rising to meet the skyline half a mile ahead. He flicked the wipers on. They left wet smears across the windscreen, barely shifting the water. He’d meant to replace them a year ago. McSorley cursed and squinted through the raindrops.

A white van sat idling at a side road. It had all the time in the world to ease out and be on its way. It didn’t. Instead it inched forward to the junction, the driver holding it on the clutch. McSorley wet his lips. He felt the accelerator beneath the sole of his shoe. The Focus had a decent engine, but the suspension was shot. Once the road started to twist, he wouldn’t have a chance. He eased off the pedal. The van drew closer. Two men in the cabin, watching.

McSorley’s stomach flipped between light and heavy, heavy and light, while adrenaline rippled out to his fingers and toes. He fought the heaving in his chest.”*

You can read the rest of Chapter One of Collusion on Stuart Neville’s website . The book will be out in the UK from Harvil Secker in August and in the US from Soho Press in October.

* © Stuart Neville 2010