Longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award
"May, the author of the critically acclaimed Lewis trilogy, set in the Outer Hebrides, mixes the rough Hebridean atmosphere with the glitter of Paris in his fourth stand-alone thriller."
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Booklist"Vibrant details of the weaving trade, the Gaelic language, and Hebrides culture."
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Publishers Weekly
"Richly written . . . May's sense of place is as good as it gets."
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Kirkus Reviews
"A story of love, revenge, dysfunctional families, overwhelming grief, and the feeling of helplessness that it causes, set against the background of the Hebrides...No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May. His prose evokes a setting that is almost mystical in its untamed beauty."
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D.R. Meredith, New York Journal of Books
Praise for Peter May"Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth."--
Marilyn Stasio, The New York TimesPraise for Coffin Road "May's lyrical prose brings full color to the scenery, and the narrative intrigues from start to finish."--
Shelf Awareness (Starred Review)"May keeps the stories clear and the pace fast."--
Booklist (Starred Review)"May evokes his native Scotland as ruggedly dangerous, his well-drawn characters equally so."--
Publishers Weekly
Peter May has written several standalone novels and three series: the award-winning China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell; the critically acclaimed Enzo Files, featuring Scottish forensic scientist Enzo Macleod, set in France; and the Lewis Trilogy (
The Blackhouse,
The Lewis Man, and
The Chessmen), all three volumes of which are internationally bestselling novels.
One of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists, May garnered more than 1,000 credits over a decade and a half spent as scriptwriter and editor on prime-time British television. Before quitting TV to concentrate on writing novels, he was the creator of three major series, two of which were the highest rated in Scotland. May lives and writes in France.