Peter May undifferentiated: The Lewis Man (2012, Quercus)
443 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2012 by Quercus.
Fin Macleod returns to the outer Hebridean island of his youth to make amends and restore his parents' cottage before investigating a death involving family secrets and a sinister adversary.
Fin as a plod, is a bit lacking, often didn't ask the questions that I would have asked. A few times I was saying out loud - why didn't you ask them about this/that/so and so/who/where/when? But anywhoo I enjoyed the story, and have just started #3 in the series.
I read this in one sitting and really enjoyed it. It's less grim than the first book in the series (Blackhouse) - which seems a strange thing to say in light of the story, but it lacks Blackhouse's overwhelming oppressiveness. That said, without the first one, this would make little sense. I'm definitely going to read the third book.
A superb recommendation this. Very well written and amazingly atmospheric. At one point I thought it was losing its focus but it all worked out true to the very complex plot in the end. Very different to anything else in its field.
