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The Black House

AuthorPeter May

NarratorPeter Forbes

SeriesLewis Series, Book 1

Duration12h 27m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

PublisherQuercus

VersionUnabridged

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A Sunday Times and Richard and Judy best seller and the first instalment in Peter May's sensational, million-selling Lewis trilogy. A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A Murder Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. A Secret Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. A Trap As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.

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