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The Blackhouse
by Peter May
Fin McLeod returns to the Isle of Lewis that he left years ago, trying to escape the bleak and windswept island in the Northern Hebrides. Now, he has returned in order to investigate whether or not a recent murder is tied to another murder in Edinburgh. Fin is a police detective and the local constabulary are not happy that he has been foisted onto their investigation. As Fin begins to investigate, all the reasons he left Lewis return to haunt him: his parents' death; his love for his first girlfriend (Marsaili); the despair that grows when there is little hope for one's future. The denouement takes place on a rock in the ocean where, for generations, the men of Ness have hunted gannet fledglings for two weeks out of the year. While the villain of the piece may be obvious, the intricate plotting and splendid writing will haunt the reader long after the last page is turned.