Coffin Road
An utterly gripping crime thriller from the author of The China Thrillers
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4.5 • 214 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY, THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021
'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today' Undiscovered Scotland
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May' New York Journal of Books
PETER MAY MIXES MURDER, MYSTERY and MEMORY . . . AND MARKS HIS RETURN TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does not know where this search will take him.
A detective from Lewis sits aboard a boat, filled with doubt. DS George Gunn knows that a bludgeoned corpse has been discovered on a remote rock twenty miles offshore. He does not know if he has what it takes to uncover how and why.
A teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh bedroom, desperate to discover the truth about her scientist father's suicide. Two years on, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that he would wilfully abandon her. She does not yet know his secret.
Coffin Road follows three perilous journeys towards one shocking truth - and the realisation that ignorance can kill us.
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A man washes up on the sands of a Scottish beach with no memory of who he is. In the hands of a lesser writer this could lead to a sea of cliché, but Peter May has a knack for building atmosphere and keeping the mysteries coming. Just when we thought we had a handle on things, he’d throw in another bizarre twist or shocking act of violence. May’s amnesiac narrator only adds to the dread and suspense.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Neal Maclean, the amnesiac hero of this intriguing but overblown standalone from May (Runaway), washes up on one of Scotland's Outer Hebrides, where, unbeknownst to him, he's been living. Neal later figures out that he's supposedly an author who's writing a book about a gale in 1900 that claimed the lives of three lighthouse keepers on the island of Eilean M r. When he travels to Eilean M r, he finds a dead man, whom Neal fears he may have murdered. Det. Sgt. George Gunn investigates the crime. A hidden trove of bee hives along ancient Coffin Road near Neal's home, coupled with an elaborate laboratory setup in a locked garden shed, seems to indicate something more sinister than simply a historical delving into missing men from over a century ago. The action shifts between Neal and surly 17-year-old Karen Fleming, whose scientist father committed suicide two years earlier. As usual, May evokes his native Scotland as ruggedly dangerous, his well-drawn characters equally so, but the global conspiracy that's behind everything is farfetched at best.
Customer Reviews
Stick with it
A bit slow to start but stick with it. The plot is a little bit predictable but addresses a serious subject facing us today. Beautifully written with amazing descriptions of the landscape.
Hairpin twists and turns
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, great story line (as ever from Peter May), believable characters and set in glorious surroundings!
Awesome read
Loved the setting and the twists and turns