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
A MAN WITH NO NAME
An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer.
A MAN WITH NO MEMORY
But this islander, Tormod Macdonald – now an elderly man suffering from dementia – has always claimed to be an only child.
A MAN WITH NO CHOICE
When Tormod’s family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.
LOVED THE LEWIS MAN? Read book 3 in the Lewis trilogy, THE CHESSMEN
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, THE NIGHT GATE
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
A MAN WITH NO NAME
An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer.
A MAN WITH NO MEMORY
But this islander, Tormod Macdonald – now an elderly man suffering from dementia – has always claimed to be an only child.
A MAN WITH NO CHOICE
When Tormod’s family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.
LOVED THE LEWIS MAN? Read book 3 in the Lewis trilogy, THE CHESSMEN
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, THE NIGHT GATE
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Reviews
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
The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving
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
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
Instantly struck by the beauty of the descriptions of the wild island terrain as well as by the roundedness and complexity of the characterisations
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years
A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable
A wonderfully complex book
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization
Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Powerful and authentic
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed
