When a grisly murder occurs on a Scottish island, Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod must confront his past if he is ever going to discover if the killing has a connection to another one that took place on the mainland.
De Lewis-trilogie Reeks
Deze aangrijpende serie volgt een inspecteur van politie die terugkeert naar zijn afgelegen geboorte-eiland in Schotland. Hij raakt verwikkeld in boeiende zaken die hem dwingen zijn eigen verleden onder ogen te zien. De sfeervolle omgeving van de Buiten-Hebriden dient als een krachtige achtergrond, die de spanning en emotionele diepgang versterkt. Lezers worden ondergedompeld in een mix van misdaadonderzoek en diepe persoonlijke reflectie.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. A MAN WITH NO MEMORY. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. A MAN WITH NO CHOICE. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery. The Lewis Man is the follow-up to The Blackhouse, which was an international bestseller in bothhardback and paperback. It is the second novel in the Lewis trilogy.
Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.