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The blackhouse : a novel

May, Peter 1951- (author.).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9781623653422
  • ISBN: 1623653428
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Quercus, [2012]

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Subject: MacLeod, Fin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Police -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Scotland -- Lewis with Harris Island -- Fiction
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
FICTION -- General
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Thrillers (Fiction)

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  • Grand Central Pub
    Nominated for the Barry Award Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade

    The first book in an enthralling mystery series from award-winning author Peter May.

    "A WRITER I WOULD FOLLOW TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

    "SHINES WITH INTRIGUE AND SUPERB PLOTTING." --USA Today

    Every step toward solving the case brings Scottish detective Fin Macleod closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped--and nearly destroyed--his life.

    When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on mainland Scotland, Edinburgh detective and native of the Isle of Lewis Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.

    As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs assert their grip on his psyche.



  • Random House, Inc.
    The first book in an enthralling mystery series from award-winning author Peter May.

    "A WRITER I WOULD FOLLOW TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

    "SHINES WITH INTRIGUE AND SUPERB PLOTTING." --USA Today

    Every step toward solving the case brings Scottish detective Fin Macleod closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped--and nearly destroyed--his life.

    When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on mainland Scotland, Edinburgh detective and native of the Isle of Lewis Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.

    As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs assert their grip on his psyche.



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