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The Chessmen
The Lewis Trilogy (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 3 January 2013
- Run Time
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.7 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' Independent
'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times
PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
THE NEW START
Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island.
THE OLD FRIEND
This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret.
THE FINAL CHAPTER
But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.
LOVED THE LEWIS TRILOGY? Read Peter May's other Hebrides thrillers, COFFIN ROAD and I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE.
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, A SILENT DEATH
(P)2013 WF Howes 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
Sophie 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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One of the best regarded crime series of recent years
Independent
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May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Sunday Times
User Reviews
Book 4.7
Narration 5.0
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4.0 5.0
The last book in the series and the one I enjoyed the most.
ring01 2026-05-06 -
5.0 5.0
Superbly written and wonderfully spoken. The Lewis Trilogy is outstanding.
fhab4 2026-01-04 -
5.0 5.0
As exciting and enjoyable as the first two in the trilogy. Also like those, while there is a murder mystery to solve, most of the book concerns the back stories and changing relationships between the characters. Covering previous generations, there is almost a saga-like quality as we see how a crime has emerged through decades of history both laying the grounds for it and evolving its consequences. All rounded off with a dramatic and moving climax.
jackdor 2025-11-20
Details
- Author
- Peter May
- Narrator
- Peter Forbes
- Duration
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 January 2013
- ISBN
- 9781782062462
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
- Rating
- 4.7(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
THE NAIL-BITING, BESTSELLING FINAL CHAPTER IN THE LEWIS TRILOGY'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' Independent'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York TimesPETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDESTHE NEW STARTFin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIENDThis mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. THE FINAL CHAPTERBut when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.LOVED THE LEWIS TRILOGY? Read Peter May's other Hebrides thrillers, COFFIN ROAD and I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE.LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, A SILENT DEATH(P)2013 WF Howes Ltd
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