The Black Loch
- Published
- 5 September 2024
- Pages
- 388
- ISBN-13
- 9781529436075
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Black Loch, published in September 2024 at 388 pages, brings Peter May back to Fin Macleod a decade after The Chessmen closed the original trilogy, picking up the Lewis-born detective's life in late middle age for a fourth investigation. It works as a genuine continuation rather than a fresh start, so it's best read last, after The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen -- the breakout trilogy that turned May into an international bestseller once English-language readers finally discovered it in 2011.
Key facts about The Black Loch
The Black Loch is a novel by Peter May. Readers have had it since 5 September 2024. It runs to 388 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Black Loch. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529436075 to find the main one.
The Black Loch is book 4 of 4 in the Lewis Trilogy series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Blackhouse (2011). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Peter May writes China Thrillers and Enzo Files as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. It is also the latest published Peter May book on file.
About Peter May
Peter May was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1951 and began his career as a journalist before moving into television, where he created and script-edited long-running Scottish drama series and became one of the youngest producers working in British TV. See every Peter May book in order.
Its place in Lewis Trilogy
The Black Loch is book 4 in the Lewis Trilogy series. It follows The Chessmen. See the full Lewis Trilogy reading order.
Fin Macleod is a Lewis-born detective who left the Isle of Lewis at eighteen and swore he'd never go back. The trilogy that made Peter May's name in English-language crime fiction keeps pulling him back anyway: first as a homicide detective sent to investigate a killing that echoes a death from his own childhood, then into his own fractured family history, then into a murder tangled up with the island's Gaelic-speaking elite. Across the three books the mystery plot and Fin's personal reckoning with the island he…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529436075