![]() ![]() The influence of a hidebound church is all-pervasive and all-stultifying. What secret has Whistler been hiding from him, and everyone else on the island? Review Quotes The Chessmen is well up to the high standard of its two predecessors: tightly plotted, with no skimping on either the nuances of character or the wonderfully evocative descriptions of rugged island landscapes that have made these books a true pleasure to read.-The Guardian accomplished trilogy. But when Whistlers face appears to register something other than shock, an icy chill of apprehension overtakes Fin. Both men immediately know what they will find inside: the body of Roddy Mackenzie, a friend whose flight disappeared more than seventeen years before. When Fin catches up with Whistler among the windswept hills of the estate, the two witness a freak natural phenomenon-a bog burst-which drains a loch of all its water in a flash, revealing a mud-encased light aircraft with a sickeningly familiar moniker on its side. While investigating illegal activity on the estate, Fin encounters his former childhood friend and bandmate, the elusive poacher Whistler Macaskill. THE INDEPENDENT Living again of the Isle of Lewis, ex-Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is working as a security officer for a local landowner. BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW) A PERFECTLY FORMED TRILOGY. ![]() Book Synopsis THE FINAL VOLUME IN PETER MAYS LANDMARK LEWIS TRILOGY MAGICAL. ![]()
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