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A masterful tale from beginning to end, quite literally unputdownable. If you are a fan of his terrific Lewis trilogy, then you’ll not be disappointed; if anything this is even better. We are still in the Outer Hebrides, now on the Isle of Harris, and still steeped in beauty and history. Here a man loses his memory, a bludgeoned body is found on remote rocks and back in the 19th century three lighthouse keepers disappeared. Linking these mysteries in a scientific discovery that must be kept secret, a mystery based on the drastic loss of bees around the world. There is big money involved and much at stake … terrific stuff, plausible and frightening. He really is very good indeed. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
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Coffin Road Synopsis
THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY, THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021
'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.' Undiscovered Scotland
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books
PETER MAY MIXES MURDER, MYSTERY and MEMORY . . . AND MARKS HIS RETURN TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does not know where this search will take him.
A detective from Lewis sits aboard a boat, filled with doubt. DS George Gunn knows that a bludgeoned corpse has been discovered on a remote rock twenty miles offshore. He does not know if he has what it takes to uncover how and why.
A teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh bedroom, desperate to discover the truth about her scientist father's suicide. Two years on, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that he would wilfully abandon her. She does not yet know his secret.
Coffin Road follows three perilous journeys towards one shocking truth - and the realisation that ignorance can kill us.
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About This Edition
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9781529418903 |
| Publication date: |
15th September 2022 |
| Author: |
Peter May |
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riverrun an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
392 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Praise for Peter May:
'He is a terrific writer doing something different.' -- Mark Billingham
'From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer.' -- Sophie Hannah
'Wonderfully compelling. -- Kate Mosse A true pleasure to read.' Guardian
'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth.' New York Times
'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' -- Boyd Tonkin Independent, on the Lewis trilogy
'Lyrical, empathetic and moving. -- Alex Gray A wonderfully complex book.' -- Peter James, on Entry Island
'May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships.' Sunday Times
'Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization.' -- Barry Forshaw Independent
'Dark, exciting and atmospheric.' Scotland on Sunday
'Powerful and authentic.' Glasgow Sunday Herald
About Peter May
Peter May was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BCC, he quit journalism and during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland's most successful television dramatists. He created three prime-time drama series, presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland as script editor and producer, and worked on more than 1,000 episodes of ratings-topping drama before deciding to leave television to return to his first love, writing novels.
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