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Coffin Road

An utterly gripping crime thriller from the author of The China Thrillers

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Coffin Road

By: Peter May
Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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 **A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER**
**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK**
**FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BLACKHOUSE, CAST IRON AND I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE**

MILLION-SELLING PETER MAY MIXES MURDER, MYSTERY and MEMORY . . . AND MARKS HIS RETURN TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES

A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does not know where this search will take him.

A detective from Lewis sits aboard a boat, filled with doubt. DS George Gunn knows that a bludgeoned corpse has been discovered on a remote rock twenty miles offshore. He does not know if he has what it takes to uncover how and why.

A teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh bedroom, desperate to discover the truth about her scientist father's suicide. Two years on, Karen Fleming still cannot accept that he would wilfully abandon her. She does not yet know his secret.


Coffin Road follows three perilous journeys towards one shocking truth - and the realisation that ignorance can kill us.

'A riveting, atmospheric read' The Times
'A chilling standalone mystery' Daily Record
'Clever, twisty . . . in the mode of Le Carré's The Constant Gardener' Guardian

LOVE PETER MAY? Order his new thriller, A SILENT DEATH!

(P) 2016 Quercus Editions Ltd©2016 Peter May Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime
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This book draws the reader along fast and reasonably effectively: it is a good book to pass the time. The plot at one point is quite convoluted and if I were reading rather than listening I would have been looking back a lot to earlier pages. As it was I did get a bit confused (as did other readers if internet forums are to be believed).

As I have read most of Peter May's books my expectations are calibrated: fair characterisation and prose, and a good engagement with the physical area and history surrounding the plot.

Interesting but sometimes confusing plot

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I loved the Lewis Trilogy books, and was hoping for more of the same gritty and compelling Hebridean stories, but Coffin Road is a let down by comparison. The plot is needlessly contorted, and none of the characters are particularly likeable - except for DS George Gunn (who we don’t see enough of) and Bran the excitable Labrador. The amnesia device used to create much of the drama is a bit irritating; I found it hard to believe that someone who woke up with no memory of himself would not seek out help, at least medical help. And the main character just annoyed me by lying to the police, but trusting the repellant Sally.

Peter Forbes is brilliant as the reader, but overall..... Bring back Fin MacLeod!

Not up to the standard of the Lewis Trilogy

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Another thrilling, atmospheric read. A great story, great characters and magic landscapes. Well written and equally well read.

Another great story set in Scotland's Western Isle

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Thoroughly enjoyed this story. A real mystery, a good plot, well researched. Very descriptive and informative. Save the bees!

Great story

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Peter Forbes does a fantastic job narrating this complex, intriguing and fascinating storyline.
One is transported to an irresistible part of the world, kept on the edge of their seat throughout and enlightened by how we are destroying our environment. I couldn't put it down!

Another fantastic book by Peter May

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