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Sunday, 8 January 2012

The Blackhouse

I have just finished a book 'The Blackhouse' by Peter May.  A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith.  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.

Peter May is an award winning Scottish television screenwriter, novelist and crime writer. 

I bought this book in Aviemore at a coffee stop while travelling up to Garve in the Highlands for New Year to read on the coach as it's over 5 hours by road.  I found it to be one of those novels that you just can't put down.

Here is a clip from the television Book Club presented by Richard and Judy.  They are interviewing the author Peter May.



The Blackhouse is the first book in a trilogy.  The second novel is called 'Lewis Man' which follows Fin Macleod investigating another murder on Lewis.  This one even more sinister than the first.  I can't wait to read it.

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