Nothing like a rainy Saturday to delve into a murder mystery set in the cold bleak and dangerous Hebrides Islands. Edinburgh police detective Fin MacLeod is assigned to return to his childhood home to investigate a murder that bears a strong resemblance to a murder in Edinburgh. Here he must face not only a dangerous murderer but also the reasons he left his home decades ago. Loved it and can't wait for Book 2.
Another very satisfying, dark murder mystery set in the Hebrides Island north of Scotland. The protagonist, Fen Macleod, has retired from the police force and returned to the Isle of Lewis to renovate his childhood home. His former colleague on the Lewis police force calls on him for advice when a body is found buried in the peat bogs. It's common knowledge that a body buried in peat can be preserved for centuries -- but this one has a tattoo of Elvis on the forearm. Ah Ha! This one has an interesting twist in that one of the possible witnesses to the crime is an elderly man suffering from dementia. His inner memories of the past are quite clear but his interactions with the people in the present are muddled and confused. Now on to the last of this trilogy -- The Chessmen. Can't wait!
I regret to say that this third installment seemed a little forced. We think we know our hero Fin pretty well and then "Oh by the way I was a roadie for a rock star whose plane disappeared 17 years ago. And one of the members of the group was my best friend who saved my life a couple of times and who still lives on the Isle of Lewis." We thought we knew who your best friend was. Remember Books One and Two? Also, I don't know who characterized this as a trilogy but in my opinion a trilogy should be a story in three parts. This one clearly leaves the door open for another installment. So the truth is the rating should probably be 3 stars due to these flaws but I enjoyed being whisked away to The Hebrides Islands for another absorbing mystery among the friends and family of Fin MacLeod. And should there be another installment -- I'm in.
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