I met Peter today in Waterstones in Edinburgh at a book signing event, and he signed a copy of ‘A Winter Grave’ for me.

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I will undoubtedly read more of Peter May, as long as he sticks to his dismal, wind-blown, Scottish islands. Men Peter Mays underbara miljöbeskrivningar och hans sätt att skriva så inlevelsefullt gör boken läsvärd! Snakehead was the winner at the Salon Polar and Co, Cognac in the 2007 Prix Intramuros (France), and shortlisted at the Salon Polar and Co, Cognac in the 2007 Prix International as well.His utility bill tells him so, and informs him that he resides at Dune Cottage, Luskentyre on the Isle of Harris. The Blackhouse starts the series off with Fin Macleod, a police detective and native born of the Isle of Lewis, on a murder investigation that takes him back to his roots. He’d admitted that he didn’t often read fiction but that during a period of recovery form an operation he’d been gifted the first in a mini-series of three and had subsequently devoured the whole set.

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The last May I read was part of the trilogy and I felt barely able to sustain any entertainment value and pushed to the end. Added to this is the over-complicated nature of the story which takes a long while to become clear and employs a rather haphazard feel as it jumps between three central characters. All 3 characters of the story eventually become interwined, and it was overall an entertaining read, and I did like the ending and came to like the characters, but a lot of the first half was slow, and it took me a while to warm to Neal, who I did like by the end, but it still didn't make up for a long first half, nonetheless its still worth a read.Neal's' story is delivered in the first person and gets off to a promising start, albeit the dissociative amnesia has a familiar feel, largely because it has been fairly generously employed in the crime fiction genre to date. You will take a deep breath and walk with the protagonist as he staggers barely alive, soaking wet life jacket still on, up the beach. This is not written with the depth of the Lewis trilogy, but with an eye more for a diverting, delightful read that will have your Scottish Morn tea cooling in the cup before you remember to take a sip.

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The facts are not laboured upon and at no time did I feel I was being preached to but I learned a great deal about them, and their importance to mankind as a whole, as I read. Doesn't immediately make me want to read more, but I'll surely try one more, should I stumble upon it at a good time. The victim is unidentified, and murder is a far from common crime in the Outer Hebrides: he wonders if this case will see him completely out of his depth. And that person doesn’t know he’s lost his memory, so they’re being natural with him, and it’s only through that interaction that he’s discovering that he’s having an affair with her. Stationed at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, DS George Gunn is sent to investigate the bludgeoned corpse discovered by tourists in the chapel on Eilean Mor.

By chance he gets led to his big and beautiful house and sees in the mirror that he is a big and beautiful guy. Written by Peter May — A brand-new standalone from the pen of Peter May is always going to be near the top of a crime fiction reader’s wish list, and in many ways Coffin Road doesn’t disappoint. I did feel a bit hit over the head with facts, and while the drama was believable, I definitely felt a bit as if I were being given lessons. Two years after the discovery of the pioneering scientist's suicide note, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that her father would willingly abandon her.