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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. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. 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.… (més)
The third volume of the Lewis trilogy switches focus onto a period of Fin's life heretofore skipped over, his later years at high school/college. A huge cast of new characters suddenly appears fully formed, of whom no mention had been made in the first two books. Considering that one, Whistler, is supposed to be a dear friend who previously saved his life, it is odd that he wasn't even mentioned before. I had the impression from the first two books that Fin's only real friend growing up had been Artair, deceased husband of former girlfriend Marsaili.
Not only that, but it now transpires that, while estranged from Marsaili at college through his own behaviour, Fin became heavily involved with a group of people who formed a Celtic music group, which at the beginning included Whistler. He spent a lot of time acting as a roadie for them, and was attracted to lead-singer Mairead, eventually having a fling with her. One of the band members went missing while flying a light aircraft, something which drives the main plot of the novel. I found it incredible that none of these characters had even been name-checked in the first two books. His involvement in trying to solve a cold case causes Marsaili to find him distant and non-involved despite their having resumed a physical relationship.
Other things I found unsatisfactory with the story was the resolution of a plotline that stemmed from the ending of book 2. I won't say more, to avoid spoilers, but the fate of a particular character was unnecessary and almost farcical, given that this fate would have been far more likely to befall one of the new characters given that person's past involvement with a drug-running family. And the solution to the loose end of the hit-and-run driver who killed the son from Fin's marriage to Mona is tacked on in a hasty epilogue. As I found this the least enjoyable of the trilogy, I can only rate it at 2 stars, since it would be unfair to award the same rating as book 2 which I think was better. ( )
Brilliant character driven murder mystery, atmospheric clever descriptive intelligent a real page turner riveting from first to last page, with plenty of surprises and twists along the way. As with the other two books in this series, there are numerous engaging flashbacks of our heroes early years on the island.
Why are there only three books in this excellent series. ( )
Disappointed with both Books 2 and 3 after a promising start with Book 1. Far too much of the book (and Book 2) spent in reminiscing of teenage years with the sudden appearance of a new character, Whistler in Book 3. Despite Whistler being such a close friend of Fin in his teenage years he didn't rate a mention in Book 2 ?? And enough of randy teenage memories too !! Surely Fin's 15 years as a policeman could've provided more interesting back stories ?? ( )
Outstanding final book in the trilogy. The wraps ups number of loose ends, the story is fantastic, and the quality of the writing is so much better than most books. I will have to try one of the authors other series. ( )
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‘Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days
Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays:
Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays,
And one by one back in the Closet lays.
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, xlix
Dedicatòria
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In loving memory of wee Jennifer
Primeres paraules
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Prologue:
He sits at his desk, grey with fear and the weight of this momentous step which, once taken, cannot be taken back.
One:
When Fin opened his eyes the interior of the ancient stone dwelling which had sheltered them from the storm was suffused with a strange pink light.
Citacions
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“Remember that beach party we had the summer before we left for university On that wee island somewhere off the coast of Great Bearnaraigh.” It had seemed idyllic. Campfires and barbecues on the beach, drinking beer and smoking dope beneath a firmament filled with bright stars shining like the hopes they’d all had for themselves. “Our whole lives ahead of us, and nothing to lose but our virginity.”
The return of all seventy-eight Lewis chessmen to their last resting place for just one day. Sixty-seven of the chess pieces were permanently housed in the British Museum in London, that repository of stolen artefacts from around the world. The remaining eleven were kept in Edinburgh, but still a long way from home.
Darreres paraules
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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. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. 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.
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Not only that, but it now transpires that, while estranged from Marsaili at college through his own behaviour, Fin became heavily involved with a group of people who formed a Celtic music group, which at the beginning included Whistler. He spent a lot of time acting as a roadie for them, and was attracted to lead-singer Mairead, eventually having a fling with her. One of the band members went missing while flying a light aircraft, something which drives the main plot of the novel. I found it incredible that none of these characters had even been name-checked in the first two books. His involvement in trying to solve a cold case causes Marsaili to find him distant and non-involved despite their having resumed a physical relationship.
Other things I found unsatisfactory with the story was the resolution of a plotline that stemmed from the ending of book 2. I won't say more, to avoid spoilers, but the fate of a particular character was unnecessary and almost farcical, given that this fate would have been far more likely to befall one of the new characters given that person's past involvement with a drug-running family. And the solution to the loose end of the hit-and-run driver who killed the son from Fin's marriage to Mona is tacked on in a hasty epilogue. As I found this the least enjoyable of the trilogy, I can only rate it at 2 stars, since it would be unfair to award the same rating as book 2 which I think was better. (