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The Blackhouse
by Peter May
I've been so sick this Christmas holiday that I've not even been able to read for a while. When I finally was able to stay awake for any amount of time I finished listening to this. In the dark, since my light sensitiv eyes wouldn't take anything else. I needn't have worried about slumbering off.
This was surprisingly good from start to finish. There was no suspension of disbelief required, this all felt very, horribly real. Finn has just lost his 8-year old son in a hit-and-run accident. He is persuaded to return to work to investigate a murder on the island of Lewis, were he was born and grew up. This is because of similarities between the Lewis murder and an earlier murder in Edinburgh that Lewis had been working on prior to his son's death.
It is obvious from the beginning that there are many undercurrents. Not everyone is delighted at Finn turning up on the island he left 18 years ago. There are regular flash-backs to Finn's childhood as his relationship with the island dwellers is explored at length.
I enjoyed this very much and the writing - in comparison to other sorry things I've read of late - is excellent. The ending was real nail-biter. Recommended, if you like slow-moving British crime novels heavy on character and bleak, wind-blown landscapes.
This was surprisingly good from start to finish. There was no suspension of disbelief required, this all felt very, horribly real. Finn has just lost his 8-year old son in a hit-and-run accident. He is persuaded to return to work to investigate a murder on the island of Lewis, were he was born and grew up. This is because of similarities between the Lewis murder and an earlier murder in Edinburgh that Lewis had been working on prior to his son's death.
It is obvious from the beginning that there are many undercurrents. Not everyone is delighted at Finn turning up on the island he left 18 years ago. There are regular flash-backs to Finn's childhood as his relationship with the island dwellers is explored at length.
I enjoyed this very much and the writing - in comparison to other sorry things I've read of late - is excellent. The ending was real nail-biter. Recommended, if you like slow-moving British crime novels heavy on character and bleak, wind-blown landscapes.