
The Chessmen
The Lewis Trilogy, Book 3
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Peter Forbes
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Peter May
Living again off the Isle of Lewis, ex-detective inspector Fin Macleod is working as a security officer for a local landowner. While investigating illegal activity on the estate, Fin encounters the elusive poacher and former childhood friend and bandmate Whistler Macaskill.
When Fin catches up with Whistler among the windswept hills of the estate, the two witness a freak natural phenomenon - a bog burst - that drains a loch of all its water in a flash, revealing a mud-encased light aircraft with a sickeningly familiar moniker on its side.
Both men immediately know what they will find inside: the body of Roddy Mackenzie, a friend whose flight disappeared more than 17 years earlier. But when Whistler's face appears to register something other than shock, an icy chill of apprehension overtakes Fin.
What secret has Whistler been hiding from him, and everyone else on the island? Fin is unprepared for how the truth about the past will alter the course of the future.
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"This intriguing story alternates between the present, the past, and the distant past, skillfully introducing all of the characters and motives that will play an integral part in the solution of the mysteries. It is powerfully written, both in the descriptions of the barren landscape and the complicated and constantly changing relationships of the primary people involved." (Mystery Scene Magazine)
"May brings his acclaimed Lewis trilogy to a close with a novel that is both wrenching and hopeful.... [A]n utterly absorbing mystery." (Booklist, starred review)
"The Chessmen is well up to the high standard of its two predecessors: tightly plotted, with no skimping on either the nuances of character or the wonderfully evocative descriptions of rugged island landscapes that have made these books a true pleasure to read." (The Guardian)
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Completely amazing!
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Unforgettable characters, setting, story
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The presentation was well done and the effective characterizations will stick with me like old friends.
Thank You.
Sad it's over.
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The narrator, Peter Forbes, was excellent, as well, although I found a very few of the Gaelic words mispronounced. (In his defense, though, it is a hard language to master, as I can attest after my two years of studying Scots Gaelic!)
At the end of this third book of the Lewis trilogy, I'm left wanting more. I suppose that may be the highest compliment a writer can receive, and I gladly give it to Mr. May.
Brilliant story; masterfully written and performed
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good plot, dark sad ending
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OMG
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Peter May has clearly spent some time either playing in or hanging around with modern Celtic progressive-folk bands, because he gets that stuff absolutely right. (I've spent a fair bit of time doing those things myself.) I love it that a major driver of the plot is the friction resulting from disagreement over the band's name; that rings extremely true. It's interesting, though, that the band's original name, before they change it to something else, is something that sounds like "solace." Having only heard the novel and not read it, I don't know how that's spelled, but May may have missed the point that there's a very well-known Celtic band called Solas, pronounced the same way. They're Yanks, but they're super-famous, at least among people who pay attention to Celtic bands. They've been around since the mid-90s, and any Scottish folkie would be familiar with them. It seems unlikely that May wasn't, but if he was, then this must have been a deliberate choice, and it seems like an odd one. But it's a tiny point and doesn't detract from the book in any way.
Best of the trilogy, and that's high praise
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Why are they calling this a trilogy?
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Another Great Peter May Story
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