Na realidade 4,5*! Só não dei as 5* porque adivinhei demasiado cedo a identidade do assassino, mas não as suas motivações.Um livro diferente do que estava à espera porque mais do que a investigação em si, retrata o regresso do "filho pródigo", neste caso o protagonista de toda história. Fin, um p...
Fin Macleod is fully settled back in his childhood home on the Isle of Lewis. He is now working as head of security on the estate of a wealthy landowner. His work, which consists mainly of stopping poachers, brings him into conflict with Whistler, a friend from his childhood. When a natural pheno...
I first discovered this author when I read his Lewis trilogy - which I loved - it was so evocative of the north west of Scotland.This book, set in France is just as gripping but totally different. It is the first in the series of Enzo files - so called because of the forensic scientist Lorenzo - ...
My previous awareness of Peter May as a crime novelist rested solely on having read 'The Blackhouse' (the first of his trilogy set on the island of Lewis and Harris) and then run aground on its successor, 'The Lewis Man' (though that was more a consequence of alarming personal resonances within t...
I really enjoy Peter May's China-based mysteries. They're a great mixture of basic procedural tactics, the strong personalities of the investigators, a little romance, Chinese investigative techniques, and forensic science. The writing is very simple and straightforward, which is actually welcome...