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The Blackhouse : Murder comes to the Outer Hebrides (Lewis Trilogy 1)

Peter May

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The Blackhouse : Murder comes to the Outer Hebrides (Lewis Trilogy 1)

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  • Barry Award for Best Novel (2013) and Nominee for Best Novel of the Decade (2020)
  • Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for Best Novel (2011)
  • Gullkulen/The Golden Bullet Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Blackhouse : Murder comes to the Outer Hebrides (Lewis Trilogy 1)

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ISBN: 9781849163866
Author: Peter May
Publisher: Quercus
Date of Publication: 2011-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Mystery Thriller, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 4.08
(rated by 39522 readers)

Description

The Isle of Lewis is the most remote, harshly beautiful place in Scotland, where the difficulty of existence seems outweighed only by people's fear of God. But older, pagan values lurk beneath the veneer of faith, the primal yearning for blood and revenge.When a brutal murder on the island bears the hallmarks of a similar slaying in Edinburgh, police detective Fin Macleod is dispatched north to investigate. But since he himself was raised on Lewis, the investigation also represents a journey home and into his past.Each year the island's men perform the hunting of the gugas, a savage custom no longer necessary for survival, but which they cling to even more fiercely in the face of the demands of modern morality. For Fin the hunt recalls a horrific tragedy, which after all this time may have begun to demand another sacrifice.The Blackhouse is a crime novel of rare power and vision. Peter May has crafted a page-turning murder mystery that explores the darkness in our souls, and just how difficult it is to escape the past.
 

  • Barry Award for Best Novel (2013) and Nominee for Best Novel of the Decade (2020)
  • Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for Best Novel (2011)
  • Gullkulen/The Golden Bullet Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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