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Bestselling author of the Lewis Trilogy, Peter May, joins us for the launch of his new thriller 'Entry Island'
When Detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at Montreal’s St. Hubert airfield, he does so without looking back. For Sime, the 850-mile journey ahead represents an opportunity to escape the bitter blend of loneliness and regret that has come to characterise his life in the city. Travelling as part of an eight-officer investigation team, Sime’s destination lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of around 130 inhabitants – the wealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered in his home. The investigation itself appears little more than a formality. The evidence points to a crime of passion: the victim’s wife the vengeful culprit. But for Sime the investigation is turned on its head when he comes face to face with the prime suspect, and is convinced that he knows her – even though they have never met. Haunted by this certainty his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant past on a Scottish island 3,000 miles away. Dreams in which the widow plays a leading role. Sime’s conviction becomes an obsession. And in spite of mounting evidence of her guilt he finds himself convinced of her innocence, leading to a conflict between the professional duty he must fulfil, and the personal destiny that awaits him.
Peter May was an award-winning journalist at the age of just twenty-one. He left newspapers for television and screenwriting, creating three prime-time British drama series and accruing more than 1,000 television credits. The first in the Lewis Trilogy ‘The Blackhouse’ was a Richard and Judy summer read and a top 5 Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. ‘The Lewis Man’ and ‘The Chessmen’ were also Sunday Times top 5 bestsellers. The series has now sold over 1 million copies in the UK. Peter lives in France where he focuses on writing novels. He recently won the ‘Best Crime Novel Award’ for ‘The Blackhouse’ at Bouchercon in the US. See http://www.petermay.info for more details.
- Speaker
- Peter May, interviewed by BBC Scotland Journalist Fiona Stalker
- Hosted by
- Waterstones Aberdeen
- Venue
- MacRobert Lecture Theatre
- Contact
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