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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

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, 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
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 *
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years * Independent *
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *

The Chessmen: The explosive finale in the

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      Publisher: Quercus Publishing
      Publication Date: 30/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9781529419450, 978-1529419450
      ISBN10: 152941945X

      Description

      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

      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, 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
      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 *
      One of the best regarded crime series of recent years * Independent *
      May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *

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