by Peter May · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529416817
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«The Lewis Man» is the mystery novel by Peter May, published by Quercus in paperback (448 pages, in English).
On the Isle of Lewis, an unidentified body is found in a peat bog. The only clue is a DNA match with Tormod Macdonald, an elderly farmer with dementia who always claimed to be an only child. When his family asks Fin Macleod for help, the investigation brings old family secrets to light.
Second instalment of the Lewis trilogy. The Lewis Man was originally published in 2011; this paperback edition, in 2021. Shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2013.
For readers of crime and mystery fiction, especially those looking for police plots set in Scotland and in small island communities.
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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.
