The Chessmen - Hardcover

'May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships' Sunday Times. (Sunday Times)

'May's pellucid prose and his clever plot give vivid life to a harsh and rugged landscape and an equally hard-hewn community' The Irish Independent. (Irish Independent)

'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times. (New York Times)

'Steeped in atmosphere ... The Chessmen takes the reader on an enticing reel, forwards, backwards, side to side, every step leading to a breathtaking climax' Daily Record. (Daily Record)

'Stunning' Belfast Telegraph. (Stunning' Belfast Telegraph)

'This is the sort of novel that will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterisation ... a perfectly-formed trilogy' Independent. (Independent)

'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' Guardian. (Guardian)

THE NEW START. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIEND. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. THE FINAL CHAPTER. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.