Book Synopsis:
From the twelve-million copy bestselling author of the Lewis trilogy comes a chilling new mystery set in the isolated Scottish Highlands.
A TOMB OF ICE
A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice.
A DYING DETECTIVE
Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat.
AN AGONIZING RECKONING
Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose.
Set against a backdrop of a frighteningly plausible near-future, A WINTER GRAVE is Peter May at his page-turning, passionate and provocative best.
My Review:
A Winter Grave is another creative, gripping read from one of my favourite crime authors.
Firstly I really liked how this book was a little bit different to his previous books as it’s part dystopian with the investigation taking place in the future. It was very interesting, though slightly chilling, to see the authors version of the future. Scotland is independent and due to climate change the ice caps are melting, causing lots of problems. The beautiful, vivid descriptions of a rugged, wild Scotland were really beautiful, though ruined by the images of driverless helicopters flying around transporting people. I’m really hoping that doesn’t become a reality as it sounds very scary.
Brodie is a great main character and one I enjoyed following throughout the book. I liked that he had flaws as it made him feel more real. He’s a bit different to other fictional detectives as he seemed to have a bit more energy, drive and actually seemed to like his job which was nice to see. I immediately warmed to him and felt sorry for him with everything he goes through during the book.
This book gripped me from the start and there always seemed to be something happening to ensure that the book was very hard to put down. The tension and excitement in the book gradually increases as the story continues, until it becomes almost palpable. I stayed up way to late reading this book as I just had to find out what would happen next.
Huge thanks to Sophie Ransom for inviting me onto the blog tour and to River Run for my copy of this book. If you’re a fan of crime fiction you need to read this!
About The Author:
Peter May was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BBC, he quit journalism and during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland’s most successful television dramatists. He created three prime-time drama series, presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland as script editor and producer, and worked on more than 1,000 episodes of ratings-topping drama before deciding to leave television to return to his first love, writing novels.
In 2021, he was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. He has also won several literature awards in France, received the USA’s Barry Award for The Blackhouse, the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year award for Entry Island. Peter now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.
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