Entry Island

by Peter May Narrated by Mats Eklund

Overview

När det isolerade ösamhället Entry Island skakas av ett mord, det första i mannaminne, beger sig kriminalpolisen Sime Mackenzie till ön som del av ett utredningsteam från Montréal. Affärsmannen James Cowell, en av öns drygt hundra invånare, har knivhuggits till döds i sitt hem, och det mesta talar för att det är hans hustru, Kirsty, som hållit i vapnet.
Utredningen ser först ut att bli en formalitet, men när Sime träffar Kirsty överväldigas han av en märklig känsla. Trots att han vet att de inte kan ha träffats förut känner han igen henne. Det är något hos den mordmisstänkta kvinnan som rör upp djupt begravda minnen inom honom.
I takt med att utredningen fortskrider börjar Sime hemsökas av drömmar om ett avlägset förflutet på en skotsk ö, femhundra mil bort historier som hör till en fjärran värld men ändå tycks sträcka sig in i nuet, mot Entry Island och de mysterier som ön ruvar på.

PETER MAY [f. 1951] är en skotsk romanförfattare, bosatt i Frankrike. Hans Lewis-trilogi om Edinburgh-polisen Fin Macleod har hyllats av kritikerna både internationellt och i Sverige, och har vunnit en rad priser, bland annat Le Prix Littéraire Cezam Inter CE i Frankrike och The Barry Award för »Årets bästa kriminalroman« i USA. Entry Island är Peter Mays nya fristående kriminalroman.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"A Gordian-knotted plot . . . The final result is a fascinating glimpse into a shameful and frequently overlooked aspect of British history. The author has followed the ties that spread out from the Hebrides to the strong Scottish Gaelic-speaking communities on North America's eastern seaboard and used them to embellish a modern murder mystery."—The Independent

"May is the master of painting a vivid picture of his chosen landscapes and weaving a fascinating plot. The research he has packed in to this well-paced dual tale is impressive . . . An absorbing read from a writer at the top of his game."—Daily Express

"Breathes fresh life into his writing while allowing many of the themes he likes to explore, such as secrets from the past that carry through to the present, to be revisited."—Crimepieces

"May follows his superb Lewis trilogy with an equally absorbing work . . . Mackenzie's historical quest merges rivetingly with his 21st century police work."—Marcel Berlins, The Times

"In a word, superlative and a book to get lost in."—Deadly Pleasures Magazine

"This is a tale of two islands, two mysteries, and two places and times. A tale of misfits isolated within their own cultures, and a tale of cultures battling each other, both in the 1800s and today."—Suspense Magazine

"...a police procedural with elements of romance plus a healthy infusion of historical fiction. That it works so well is owing to May's ability to create atmosphere you can cut with a dirk and to his storytelling prowess that sweeps all before it."—Library Journal

"Fascinating history. May is wonderful at atmosphere."—Booklist

Kirkus Reviews

2015-07-01
A Montreal cop reeling from his divorce confronts ancestral tragedy when he's sent to investigate a murder on a remote island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Sime (pronounced Sheem, and Scots Gaelic for Simon) Mackenzie is called to the stark setting to investigate the murder of a local businessman. No one quite believes the victim's wife's claim that she was startled by an intruder and her husband was killed in the struggle. The investigative team, including Sime's ex, Marie-Ange, appears to be merely marking time until they can formerly charge the newly minted widow. But something in the woman stirs Sime's memory, though they haven't met, and the disappearance of a local man makes it harder for this haggard policeman to accept his colleagues' foregone conclusion. May (The Blackhouse, 2011, etc.) has constructed the book so that the investigation alternates with an account of one of Sime's ancestors and his forced repatriation from Glasgow to Canada. As in the contemporary sections, the plotting is clunky, much of the writing is expository, and what's meant to be descriptive too often feels as if the reader has opened the encyclopedia to an entry on Scottish agriculture of the 18th century ("the thatch from the roof, blackened and thick with the sticky residue of peat soot, that we laid on the lazy beds with kelp to feed the potatoes"). Bleak settings needn't be drab—Emily Brontë knew that. But May's transplanted Scots have given up the gloaming for the gloomy.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178562512
Publisher:	Word Audio Publishing International
Publication date:	12/14/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged
Language:	Swedish

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