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THE THIRD COLD-CASE INVESTIGATION FOR ENZO MACLEOD, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY MEGASELLER THE BLACKHOUSE.


FRANCE.

A death sentence.

Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Enzo Macleod is running out of time to crack the most confounding of unsolved French murders.

A death threat.

His daughter is nearly killed, Enzo is mugged – and then he is arrested. Someone is trying to destroy his character. Someone is framing him for murder.

A deathly enemy.

Killers from the past will stop at nothing to halt Enzo, who must use all his forensic skills to solve the case – before they succeed.

Reviews

Mail on Sunday
A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable
Peter James, on Entry Island
A wonderfully complex book
Mark Billingham
He is a terrific writer doing something different
Sophie Hannah
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer
Kate Mosse
Wonderfully compelling
Guardian
Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence
New York Times
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth
Boyd Tonkin, on the Lewis trilogy, Independent
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years
Alex Gray
Lyrical, empathetic and moving
Sunday Times
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships
Scotland on Sunday
Dark, exciting and atmospheric
Glasgow Sunday Herald
Powerful and authentic
Irish Times
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought
Tangled Web
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending
The Good Book Guide
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed