by Peter May · Actes Sud Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330014414
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«L'Homme de Lewis» is the crime novel by Peter May, published by Actes Sud Editions in paperback (384 pages, in French).
On the Scottish island of Lewis, Fin Macleod, a former policeman who has returned to his native land to flee a personal tragedy, is drawn into an investigation when a mummified corpse appears in a peat bog. DNA evidence points to Tormod Macdonald, the elderly father of his childhood sweetheart, who suffers from dementia. Between the old man's fragmented memories and the community's secrets, uncomfortable truths emerge about the island's past and about Fin's own story.
Second instalment of Peter May's Lewis Trilogy, published in the Babel noir collection (no. 74). French edition translated from English by Jean-René Dastugue.
Recommended for readers of psychological thrillers who want to follow Peter May's Lewis saga and have a command of French.
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Peter May is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the Cezam Prix Litteraire. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme's 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. In 2014, Entry Island won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award. May's books have sold more than twelve million copies worldwide. In 2025 May was awarded France's prestigious Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. France's premier prize for crime fiction has been in existence since 1948 and previous winners include John le Carré, Patricia Highsmith and PD James.
