A magnificent debut thriller, featuring a former paramilitary contract killer who's haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he's slaughtered. '}The Twelve{ is the best first novel I've read in years. It crackles. It grabs you by the throat.' James Ellro Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best ThrillerSooner or later, everybody pays. Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he has slaughtered.