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The Blackhouse


A Mystery Novel


Book 1 of the The Lewis Trilogy Series


Subgenres:

  • Scottish Crime,
  • Small Town Mystery,
  • Detective Mystery
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Murder mysteries set in remote Scottish island communities
  • Detectives forced to confront secrets from their own past
  • Stories where the investigator becomes the target
Publisher Description

The 12 million copy bestselling author of the Enzo Files and the China Thrillers. Award winning author of the CWA Dagger in the Library 2021.

Peter May: The man who brought murder to the Outer Hebrides.

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.

Loved The Blackhouse? Read book 2 in the Lewis trilogy, The Lewis Man.

Love Peter May? Buy his latest frontlist thriller, The Night Gate.

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