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The Blackhouse
- Lu par : Peter Forbes
- Série : The Lewis Trilogy, Volume 1
- Durée : 12 h et 20 min
- Catégories : Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense, Policier

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From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry award-winning The Blackhouse, the first book in the Lewis Trilogy - a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.
When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.
As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs once again begin to assert their grip on his psyche. Every step toward solving the case brings Fin closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped - and nearly destroyed - his life.
Commentaires
"A gripping plot, pitch-perfect characterization, and an appropriately bleak setting drive this outstanding series debut." (Connie Fletcher, Booklist, starred review)
"A thriller with an intensity that never slackens, chilling and igneous at the same time, like the great country that serves as its setting. A masterpiece indeed." (L'Humanite)
"Abundant local color... matches Macleod's tormented emotional landscape. The struggles of such multidimensional characters... add depth." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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- Lynaël
- 21/04/2020
Absolutely beautiful
After listening to The Black House, I was left with the feeling that I actually went to Lewis, witnessing the harsh nature, changing skies and the lives of the locals there. The story starts as a murder investigation, but the central story is Finn's youth, his life in Lewis. The writing is poetic and efficient as well, Peter Forbes's narration, with the strong accent from the Hebrides, is exquisite. A 5 stars well deserved. I can't wait to listen to the rest of the trilogy.
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- Constance Jenkins
- 17/08/2018
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I have no clue why this book was listed as a "police procedural", or even as a murder mystery for that matter. The mystery was almost an afterthought (and completely predictable). That said, the character studies, the scene setting, and story of Fin's life were actually interesting and the writing is top notch. May's writing style is very engaging. I might even read the rest of the series...albeit I won't hold my breath for a mystery. For those, like me, who prefer not to read about animal killings, be prepared to skip the bird hunt. It was grim. The narrator was wonderful.
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- Betsey
- 23/10/2018
A tale of awakening and facing one’s deepest fears.
This was a wonderfully descriptive story of human emotion, death, and reawakening against the bleak backdrop of a remote island. Just as the island of Lewis is cut off from the rest of the world by its geography, Finn McCloud is removed from his memories and emotions until a catharsis occurs. The characters take life through the narrative and one becomes completely caught up in their inner dialogues.
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- Peter G. Buckley
- 10/10/2018
Solid writing and performance.
BUilds up to an overdramatic cliff top ending which seemed out of scale. May does such great work with character and scene and then pushes it too much
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- Suzette
- 14/09/2020
I was hooked in the opening chapter
Loved it from beginning to end. I enjoy reading novels set in other cultures and love a good murder mystery. This book also did a good job with exploring characters and going back into their childhood. There were a couple nice twist and turns too. Read it.
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- Gloria Ross
- 01/10/2018
challenging mystery
more delightful to hear because of the sonorous Scottish accents. A mystery with many emotion laden twists and turns, weather and Scottish lore told beautifully.
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- puplhunt
- 26/08/2018
What a bloody miserable tale!
The story is as bleak and lonely as the island it is set on. The reading’s repetitive tone and meter is guaranteed to put you to sleep. Every sentence has the same rhythm and the paragraphs roll from one into the next without any change in tempo. The murder is almost secondary to the resurrection of a sad childhood and a mixed-up adolescence of a policeman who doesn’t really want to be a policeman and who has been sent to the island without any real power to investigate anything. The weather is always cold, gray and raining ... it seems that the islanders’ lives mirror their weather and their landscape... I keep waiting for the sun to break through but so far it hasn’t happened. Maybe something happy will happen in one of the next two books in the trilogy.
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- wbc
- 07/08/2018
Excellent
This book was even better than I’d hoped. Excellent narration. I felt as if I were there. The descriptive writing didn’t bog down the story line but enhanced the listening experience.
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- barry
- 29/06/2019
Best of the Three
I enjoyed all three of Peter May's Lewis Trilogy, and would recommend the whole series, but I enjoyed this one, the first of the three most (I would rate Chessmen higher than Lewis Man). First of all, it is the only one of the three that truly can stand alone; for the subsequent novels it really helps to have the previous development of Fin, the series protagonist. But the essential differential for me is how much more vividly the work of men on Lewis, especially the annual bird harvest, brings the place to life. All the books are quite good when it comes to landscape and with varying degree providing the place with cultural context, but there is something about the work of the place tied to its traditions that really makes The Blackhouse a special piece of writing within the suspense genre, and even moreso, the current crop of Scottish and Irish suspense writing. Peter Forbes is simply terrific as a narrator. The narrator of the book I started to listen to after listening to Forbes' narration of the Lewis trilogy, somewhat average in her delivery, seemed by contrast even worse. Just as Gerard Doyle does a terrific job of bringing Adrian McKinty's novels to life, Forbes is simply wonderful in interpfeting characters and providing different points of view with equal sensitivity and brio. I listen to quantities of this kind of writing. Of course, given the genre is somewhat limited while also being overpopulated in the market, characterization is an essential to the best writing, and to some degree May is quite good at presenting idiosyncratic characters. But a vivid sense of place brought to life not just from description but as fleshed out by the characters, setting that actually almost borders on a characterization enveloping the listener in the world in which the story is being told is a rare and entertaining pleasure. This one is really worth a listen.
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- Kimberly Silvernail
- 11/12/2020
Another gem found!
I have a difficult time finding a good book, and I am always so pleased to find a gem. This book does not disappoint! I loved it from the very beginning. Excellent characters, story line, twists and turns. I can’t wait to start the second book in the series.
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- John
- 04/12/2020
Definetly wrong category
I wanted to like the book, but expecting a murder mystery/police procedure, and what I ended up with, was most disappointing. If you approach the book as a novel then it would be a decent book...not great but decent. The murder ends up being secondary to the back stories of the various characters...The author writing style again, is not great. I find it lacking in sophistication . Gives nice but not great descriptions of the various people and places in the story After i finished the book i went to a Rebus book by Ian Rankin and a book by Lawrence Block and immediately saw the sophistication in writing and plot development that The Black House lacked. The Blackhouse is the first in a trilogy and I hope the next 2 books are better than the 1st
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