A review by bgg616
The Lewis Man by Peter May

4.0

I read half of this flying today from DC to Detroit and Detroit to Madison, WI. It was hard to put down once I got into it. Set in the Western Hebrides, the author brings in a lot of detail of island life, and doesn't romanticize it. I am not sure that some of the details on sweaters and patterns are correct and it will take a bit of digging to find the information. Claiming that Hebridean fishermen had unique patterns on their guernseys so they could be recognized after death is the same myth that circulates about Aran sweaters. Nevertheless, an excellent mystery with a bang up ending.