The Blackhouse

The gripping start to the bestselling crime series (The Lewis Thrillers Book 1)

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The Blackhouse

By: Peter May

Narrated by: Peter Forbes

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READ THE SUNDAY TIMES AND RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER, AND THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN PETER MAY'S SENSATIONAL, MILLION-SELLING LEWIS TRILOGY.

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.

(P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited©2011 Editions de Rouergue

Peter MayPeter ForbesriverrunThe Lewis Trilogy

Europe

Great Britain

Mystery

Police Procedurals

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Scotland

Exciting

Scary

Fiction

Europe Great Britain Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scotland Exciting Scary Fiction

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Critic reviews

A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable

A wonderfully complex book (Peter James, on Entry Island)

The Lewis Man shone like a bright star out of this year's book lists. Lyrical, empathetic and moving (Alex Gray)

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 (Sohpie 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

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

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 (Barry Forshaw)

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

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I've read a couple of Peter May's other books and found them just okay then The Blackhouse popped up on sale and I dithered. After buying it I left it in my library for a while and listened to some mediocre books which I sent back to Audible before I finally started to listen to it. What a fool I was. This book is simply wonderful. Peter May took me to The Isle of Lewis and I felt the wind in my face, smelt the peat bogs and the fires. The screech of the gannets swirled in my head...oh how I wished I'd stumbled across the gem of a book ages ago.

Yes it's a murder mystery but it's so much more than that ...the murder is a tiny part of the book. It's the beautiful narrative by Peter Forbes that brings this book alive. All I can say is just buy it...it's everything an audio book should be.

I've downloaded the next two books.