The Black Loch, Peter May
The Black Loch, Peter May
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The Black Loch
an explosive return to the hebrides and the internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy

Author: Peter May

Narrator: Peter Forbes

Unabridged: 11 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: riverrun

Published: 09/12/2024

Synopsis

*This audiobooks includes an audio-exclusive conversation between Peter May and Peter Forbes*

THE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCH-LOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILOGY.

A MURDER

The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality Caitlin is found abandoned on a remote beach at the head of An Loch Dubh - the Black Loch - on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. A swimmer and canoeist, it is inconceivable that she could have drowned.

A SECRET

Fin Macleod left the island ten years earlier to escape its memories. When he learns that his married son Fionnlagh had been having a clandestine affair with the dead girl and is suspected of her murder, he and Marsaili return to try and clear his name.

A RECKONING

But nothing is as it seems, and the truth of the murder lies in a past that Fin would rather forget, and a tragedy at the cages of a salmon farm on East Loch Roag, where the tense climax of the story finds its resolution.

The Black Loch takes us on a journey through family ties, hidden relationships and unforgiving landscapes, where suspense, violent revenge and revelation converge in the shadow of the Black Loch.

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 BBC, 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.In 2021, he was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. He has also won several literature awards in France, received the USA's Barry Award for The Blackhouse, the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year award for Entry Island. Peter now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma

4.5★ “He had left Marsaili in reception, sitting huddled on a hard plastic chair, as if by making herself smaller she could also reduce the size of the problem.” Nothing will reduce the size of the problem - their son is about to be charged with murder. Worse still, the evidence is pointing to Fionnla......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

I’d listened to audio versions of the (then) Lewis Trilogy back in 2016. I loved these books and have rattled on to friends ever since, imploring them to seek them out and experience these wonderful tales for themselves. So, I was really excited to hear that a fourth book was to be released. How wou......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4-5 stars rounded up Fin and Marsaili Macleod return to the Isle of Lewis/Harris in the Outer Hebrides when their son Fionnlagh is arrested with the potential of a murder charge for the death of 18 year old Caitlin. Caitlin’s body is discovered on A Loch Dubh - The Black Loch. What unfolds takes Fin......more

Quotes

A twisty, atmospheric read Mail on Sunday

This is a powerful exploration of human depravity and excessive family loyalty, set in glorious surroundings. Literary Review

Laced with melancholy, this is May at his very best . . . Do not miss it, it is unforgettable.

The Black Loch combines all the elements which propelled May to literary stardom: a likeable but deeply flawed protagonist, a plot that is centred on an island for which May clearly has an abiding love, and a narrative that unwinds slowly but surely through the inevitable twists and red herrings. Scottish Field

Atmospheric, evocative, tense and compelling, this thought-provoking drama is another triumph from the master of moody crime. Heat

The brilliantly atmospheric setting of this Hebridean mystery casts a powerful spell. Best Magazine

An atmospheric and beautifully written book. This may be a chilling and enthralling crime thriller, but Peter May's prose is exquisite, creating a sense of place brilliantly. The imagery surrounding the natural landscape is transformative, making the setting every bit as important as character or plot. My Weekly

May at his best Daily Mail

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