Fin Macleod is
grieving over the death of his eight-year-old son when his past comes
back to haunt him. A murder on the Isle of Lewis looks like a copycat
of the murder in Edinburgh that Fin is working on. He's dispatched to
the Isle of Lewis to see if the two cases are connected.
When he arrives on
the Isle of Lewis where he grew up, the people and events from his
childhood resurface. The murdered man was the school bully. Fin still
remembers his taunts. Fin's best friend Artair is now a disappointed
man who drinks too much, and he's married to Marsaili, the woman they
were both in love with.
As Fin joins the
search for the killer, events from the past come flooding back, and
he finds it progressively harder to put them to rest.
The unusual setting
on the Isle of Lewis makes this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the stark
beauty. The plot has a series of twists that keep you guessing about
the outcome. However, the characters feel more like actors on a stage
than people you can feel emotionally attached to.
The book is framed
as a chapter of investigation followed by a chapter recounting events
from Fin's past. I found this very choppy. Although the long
flashbacks were relevant, they took away from the forward motion of
the plot. The ending is well done and exciting, but you have to wade
through the flashbacks to get there.
I recommend this
book for the unusual setting, but if you dislike the disruption of
long flashbacks, this isn't the book for you.
I reviewed this book
for Net Galley.
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