A Review By Carolyn Dews 

This excellent crime novel is set in the Isle of Lewis. 

Fin MacLeod is a detective living in  Edinburgh.  He is sent back home to Lewis to investigate a murder similar to a brutal one committed in Edinburgh. 

Fin is transported back to his childhood and to a time when life was harsh.  He arrives at the time of year when the hunting of the gugas occurs.  This catching and killing thousands of gugas was part of the Isle’s customs and necessary for survival. 

This novel captures the remote existence on the Isle of Lewis, but at the same time it depicts its wild beauty.  It also visits a time when the Church was central to the community. Peter May’s novel captures the very essence of the human soul. Recommended.