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The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy, #1)

Peter May

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Jan 08, 2021 Donna Parry Fna-Ingledew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I started reading this book and was totally engrossed in it. I liked the way it went back to Fin's past and that you were getting the background to events. However after approximately 200 pages into it it became a little tedious. There appeared to be 2 stories - the crime story and the story of Fin growing up. The story of Fin took up too much of the book and I thought there could have been a lot less of it, as well as a lot less description. The actual crime investigation was a very small part ...more

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Feb 16, 2025 Lainey Grieve Ramsay rated it it was amazing

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This was my introduction to Peter May, the year after I read this book my husband and I holidayed on the island, it is breathtaking.

Finn McLeod has returned to the island of his birth in his capacity as a detective. He is going through his own grief having lost his eight year old son, his marriage is also on the rocks. He has to deal with past and present demons. The island, its culture and its people are beautifully captured by Peter May in this the first of three books with a fourth now relea ...more

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