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Book SynopsisTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021
'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met.' BookBrowse
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books
In the third thrilling instalment of the series, Enzo is running out of time in more ways than one...
FRANCE.
A death sentence.
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Enzo Macleod is running out of time to crack the most confounding of unsolved French murders.
A death threat.
His daughter is nearly killed, Enzo is mugged - and then he is arrested. Someone is trying to destroy his character. Someone is framing him for murder.
A deathly enemy.
Killers from the past will stop at nothing to halt Enzo, who must use all his forensic skills to solve the case - before they succeed.
LOVED BLACKLIGHT BLUE? Read book 4 in the series, FREEZE FRAME
Trade ReviewA rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *
A wonderfully complex book -- Peter James, on Entry Island
He is
a terrific writer doing something different -- Mark Billingham
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer -- Sophie Hannah
Wonderfully compelling -- Kate Mosse
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 *
Peter May is
a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth * New York Times *
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years -- Boyd Tonkin, on the Lewis trilogy * Independent *
Lyrical, empathetic and moving -- Alex Gray
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *
Dark, exciting and atmospheric * Scotland on Sunday *
Powerful and authentic * Glasgow Sunday Herald *
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought * Irish Times *
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending * Tangled Web *
Truly
the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed * The Good Book Guide *
He is a terrific writer doing something different. -- Mark Billingham
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer. -- Sophie Hannah
Wonderfully compelling. -- Kate Mosse
Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth. * New York Times *
Dark, exciting and atmospheric. * Scotland on Sunday *
