Our colleagues at The Rap
Sheet have been celebrating the return of Peter May to our bookshelves with the
release from Quercus Publishing of ENTRY
ISLAND
So what’s Entry Island
When Detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft
at Montreal 's St. Hubert
airfield, he does so without looking back. For Sime, the 850-mile journey ahead
represents an opportunity to escape the bitter blend of loneliness and regret
that has come to characterise his life in the city.
Travelling as part of an eight-officer investigation
team, Sime's destination lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence .
Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population
of around 130 inhabitants - the wealthiest of which has just been discovered
murdered in his home.
The investigation itself appears little more than a
formality. The evidence points to a crime of passion: the victim's wife the
vengeful culprit. But for Sime the investigation is turned on its head when he
comes face to face with the prime suspect, and is convinced that he knows her -
even though they have never met.
Haunted by this certainty his insomnia becomes
punctuated by dreams of a distant past on a Scottish island 3,000 miles away.
Dreams in which the widow plays a leading role. Sime's conviction becomes an
obsession. And in spite of mounting evidence of her guilt he finds himself
convinced of her innocence, leading to a conflict between the professonal duty
he must fulfil, and the personal destiny that awaits him.
Hot off the awarding winning
and bestselling The Black House trilogy, Peter May has just embarked upon a
promotional tour to launch the release of Entry Island
.
Over at The Rap Sheet there
is an interview with Peter May here,
and essay by Peter May on his research on The Clearances, which Entry Island
references here
and finally a competition to win a signed rare bound proof of Entry Island here
Details of Peter’s Tour is
available by scrolling to the bottom of the link here
And a reminder, we have
copies of Entry Island
Photos ‘London Literary Critics Peter
Guttridge, Barry Forshaw, Marcel Berlins, Ali Karim with Peter May with Quercus
Publishing’ © 2013 A Karim
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