by Peter May · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330001339
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«L'île des chasseurs d'oiseaux» is the crime novel by Peter May, published by Actes Sud in paperback (424 pages, in French).
Inspector Fin Macleod returns to the Isle of Lewis to investigate a murder that mirrors a case in Edinburgh. The victim is an old enemy from his youth, and the return confronts him with his first love and a community of harsh traditions. The ritual expedition to An Sgeir is being prepared, one Fin took part in as a young man and which ended in tragedy.
First instalment of Peter May's Scottish trilogy; French edition translated from English by Jean-René Dastugue.
For readers of crime fiction who value rural atmosphere and psychological suspense.
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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.
