Publisher's Synopsis
BOOK ONE IN THE MILLION-SELLING LEWIS TRILOGY.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A RICHARD & JUDY PICK.
WINNER OF THE USA'S BARRY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR.
PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' Independent
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, A SILENT DEATH
