![]() ![]() ![]() This book is at its most basic a murder mystery, yet it also delves deep into the culture and atmosphere of life on this remote island. The following books The Lewis Man and The Chess Men rejoin Fin having left the police force and moving back to Lewis, rekindling old relationships and again investigating more murders in Lewis. The author has a strong affinity with this land and he conveys the impression of a place stood still in time, separated from the rest of Scotland by just a ferry or plane ride, but seemingly decades apart in lifestyle. The setting for this trilogy, Lewis, is a bleak and unforgiving environment and this is brought to life in the author's writing. Having recently lost his young son, he is dealing with grief in his present life and the breakdown of his marriage, he tries to reconnect with his past during his investigation into the murder of one of his childhood bullies. Fin’s arrival brings up some unpleasant memories from his past and he looks back over reasons why he left Lewis at eighteen and returned only once for a funeral. Fin grew up on Lewis and seems an obvious choice to investigate this brutal murder, as he is familiar with the place and people. He is sent from Edinburgh to investigate a murder on the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of northwest Scotland. ![]() The first book in this series The Black House, introduces us to the main character of the trilogy, Detective Fin Macleod. Title: The Lewis Trilogy - The Black House, The Lewis Man, The Chess Men ![]()
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