Coffin Road

Coffin Road

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In his latest mystery set in Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, award-winning author Peter May spins a tale about three disparate cases that may or may not be linked...

On the remote Isle of Harris in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a man washes up on a deserted beach, hypothermic and completely disoriented. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clue to his condition is a map of the island showing a desolate, ancient path called the Coffin Road. With a sense of dread and no clear idea what lies at the other end, he knows he must follow the trail if he has any hope of discovering his identity.

Meanwhile, homicide detective George Gunn makes the rough ocean crossing to a remote, sea-battered lighthouse on a rock in the northern Atlantic, twenty miles west of the Outer Hebrides, to investigate a brutal murder. Despite its isolation, the tiny island has seen its share of tragedy: more than a century earlier, three lighthouse keepers disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again. And now there is a new tragedy, and Gunn must figure out what happened.

At the same time, a teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh bedroom, desperate to discover the truth about her father's death. Two years after the discovery of the pioneering scientist's suicide note, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that her father would willingly abandon her. And the more she discovers about the nature of his research, the more she suspects that suicide had nothing to do with it.

A Hachette Audio production.

Release date: January 14, 2016

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Print pages: 400

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Peter May takes a couple of well-known thriller and mystery tropes in Coffin Road and twists them into a memorable page-turner, a trick made possible by stellar writing, engaging characters caught up in events they can’t begin to understand, and an ingenious plot that puts events in motion and keeps them spinning and twisting right through to an ending I didn’t see coming. The characters are well-written and eminently sympathetic, and the author evokes a powerful sense of place and time that draws readers into the fascinating milieu he has set the story within. A terrific read...
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Peter May takes a couple of well-known thriller and mystery tropes in Coffin Road and twists them into a memorable page-turner, a trick made possible by stellar writing, engaging characters caught up in events they can’t begin to understand, and an ingenious plot that puts events in motion and keeps them spinning and twisting right through to an ending I didn’t see coming. The characters are well-written and eminently sympathetic, and the author evokes a powerful sense of place and time that draws readers into the fascinating milieu he has set the story within. A terrific read. I’ll be reading more of Peter May’s books.
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