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  • Written by: Peter May
  • Narrated by: Peter Forbes
  • Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Entry Island

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Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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Publisher's Summary

Winner of the ITV Crime Thriller Award Best Read 2014

Winner of the Scottish Crime Novel of the Year 2014

When Detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at Montreal's St. Hubert airfield, he does so without looking back. For Sime, the 850 mile journey ahead represents an opportunity to escape the bitter blend of loneliness and regret that has come to characterise his life in the city.

Travelling as part of an eight-officer investigation team, Sime's destination lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of around 130 inhabitants - the wealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered in his home.

The investigation itself appears little more than a formality. The evidence points to a crime of passion, with the victim's wife the vengeful culprit. But for Sime the investigation is turned on its head when he comes face to face with the prime suspect and is convinced that he knows her - even though they have never met.

Haunted by this certainty, his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant past on a Scottish island 3,000 miles away. Dreams in which the widow plays a leading role. Sime's conviction becomes an obsession. And in spite of mounting evidence of her guilt, he finds himself convinced of her innocence, leading to a conflict between the professional duty he must fulfil and the personal destiny that awaits him.

©2013 Peter May (P)2013 Quercus Publishing Plc

What the critics say

"Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth." (New York Times)

"A wonderfully complex book. Halfway through I was sitting up late at night, knowing I should be asleep but wanting to know more." (Peter James)

"From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer.” (Sophie Hannah)

“He is a terrific writer and doing something different.” (Mark Billingham)

“The characters were wonderfully compelling.” (Kate Mosse)

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  • DJS
  • 2023-06-25

Totally enthralling mystery and history

Every Peter May novel provides a well researched and deeper understanding of Scottish history. This one has the additional link from the Hebrides to Quebec.
The intriguing mystery ties this all together and is perfectly narrated by Peter Forbes.

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  • Kc
  • 2020-12-08

Gripping Story

I really enjoyed this book, the characters were well rounded the descriptors of the scenery had me seeing everything in my minds eye.

The storyline itself was well Woburn and kept me in thralled. Thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed this one

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