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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
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, THE NIGHT GATE



Trade Review
A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *
A wonderfully complex book
The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving
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
Wonderfully compelling
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 *
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 *
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization * Independent *
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 *

The Blackhouse: The gripping start to the

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    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 31/12/2020
    ISBN13: 9781529415018, 978-1529415018
    ISBN10: 1529415012

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    Book Synopsis

    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
    LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, THE NIGHT GATE



    Trade Review
    A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *
    A wonderfully complex book
    The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving
    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
    Wonderfully compelling
    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 *
    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 *
    May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *
    Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization * Independent *
    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 *

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