The Chessmen
- Published
- 3 January 2013
- Pages
- 361
- ISBN-13
- 9781471318177
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Chessmen is the 3rd entry in Lewis Trilogy, by Peter May, published in 2013 at 361 pages. In the reading order it follows The Lewis Man and precedes The Black Loch.
Key facts about The Chessmen
Peter May wrote The Chessmen, a novel on our list. It has been out since 3 January 2013. The book has 361 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781471318177 to find the main one.
The Chessmen is book 3 of 4 in the Lewis Trilogy series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Blackhouse (2011). The Black Loch is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 5 September 2024.
Additionally, Peter May writes China Thrillers and Enzo Files as separate series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Black Loch is the latest published Peter May book on file, from 5 September 2024.
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 Chessmen is book 3 in the Lewis Trilogy series. It follows The Lewis Man. It is followed by The Black Loch. 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 9781471318177