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The Chessmen

The Chessmen

by PeterMay (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $6.22
Synopsis

THE NEW START. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIEND. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. THE FINAL CHAPTER. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: UK Airports
 Publisher: riverrun
Published: 03 Jan 2013
ISBN 10: 0857382241
ISBN 13: 9780857382245

Media Reviews
'May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *
'May's pellucid prose and his clever plot give vivid life to a harsh and rugged landscape and an equally hard-hewn community' The Irish Independent. * Irish Independent *
'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times. * New York Times *
'Steeped in atmosphere ... The Chessmen takes the reader on an enticing reel, forwards, backwards, side to side, every step leading to a breathtaking climax' Daily Record. * Daily Record *
'Stunning' Belfast Telegraph. * Stunning' Belfast Telegraph *
'This is the sort of novel that will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterisation ... a perfectly-formed trilogy' Independent. * Independent *
'Tightly plotted, with no skimping on either the nuances of character or the wonderfully evocative descriptions of rugged island landscapes that have made these books a true pleasure to read' Guardian. * Guardian *
Author Bio
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. Peter now lives in France where he focuses on writing novels.