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The Blackhouse
The Lewis Thrillers (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 30 October 2011
- Run Time
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.
As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs once again begin to assert their grip on his psyche. Every step toward solving the case brings Fin closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped--and nearly destroyed--his life.
(P)2011 Quercus Editions Ltd
Critics Review
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A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable
Mail on Sunday
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A wonderfully complex book
Peter James, on Entry Island
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The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving
Alex Gray
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He is a terrific writer doing something different
Mark Billingham
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From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer
Sohpie Hannah
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Wonderfully compelling
Kate Mosse
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Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence
Guardian
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Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
New York Times
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Instantly struck by the beauty of the descriptions of the wild island terrain as well as by the roundedness and complexity of the characterisations
The Times
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May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Sunday Times
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Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization
Independent
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Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Scotland on Sunday
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Powerful and authentic
Glasgow Sunday Herald
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Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
Irish Times
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A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
Tangled Web
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Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed
The Good Book Guide
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Details
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Duration
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 October 2011
- ISBN
- 9781780874128
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry award-winning The Blackhouse, the first book in the Lewis Trilogy--a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs once again begin to assert their grip on his psyche. Every step toward solving the case brings Fin closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped--and nearly destroyed--his life.(P)2011 Quercus Editions Ltd
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