How lovely to read a book set in the Outer Hebrides and find mention of places with which you are familiar. . . .Stornaway, The Digby Chicks, the library, the Lion Hotel and many of the place names on the island of Harris, it was like a revisit of our recent holiday there.
The book is I’ll Keep You Safe by Peter May, renowned for the Lewis Trilogy among others.
I had this book on my reserve list at the library and finally it became available. I read it in a couple of days. Terrific book. His descriptive writing brings the island of Harris to life.
From the book cover:
“Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On a business trip to Paris to promote their luxury brand, Niamh learns of Ruairidh’s affair, and then looks on as he and his lover are killed by a car bomb. She returns home to Lewis, bereft.
Niamh begins to look back on her life with Ruairidh, desperate to identify anyone who may have held a grudge against him. The French police, meanwhile, have ruled out terrorism, and ruled in murder – and sent Detective Sylvie Braque to shadow their prime suspect: Niamh.
As one woman works back through her memories, and the other moves forward with her investigation, the two draw ever closer to a deadly enemy with their own, murderous, designs.”
This Peter May book did not disappoint. There is a particularly good review on Goodreads by Jeffrey Keeten
I haven’t read this book yet but think I will check out how soon I might get it from the library.
Sounds like a good read. I shall add it to my list of books to request from the library. Thanks.