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THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021

‘One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.’ Independent
‘No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.’ New York Journal of Books

PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES


A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith.

A MURDER

Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past.

A SECRET

Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister.

A TRAP

As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.

LOVED THE BLACKHOUSE? Read book 2 in the Lewis trilogy, THE LEWIS MAN
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Reviews

Mail on Sunday
A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable
Peter James, on Entry Island
A wonderfully complex book
Alex Gray
The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving
Mark Billingham
He is a terrific writer doing something different
Sohpie Hannah
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer
Kate Mosse
Wonderfully compelling
Guardian
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
New York Times
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
The Times
Instantly struck by the beauty of the descriptions of the wild island terrain as well as by the roundedness and complexity of the characterisations
Sunday Times
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Barry Forshaw, Independent
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization
Scotland on Sunday
Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Glasgow Sunday Herald
Powerful and authentic
Irish Times
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
Tangled Web
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
The Good Book Guide
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed