In his latest mystery set in Scotland and the Outer
Hebrides, award-winning author Peter May spins a tale
about three disparate cases that may or may not be
linked...
On the remote Isle of Harris in Scotland's Outer
Hebrides, a man washes up on a deserted beach,
hypothermic and completely disoriented. He has no idea
who he is or how he got there. The only clue to his
condition is a map of the island showing a desolate,
ancient path called the Coffin Road. With a sense of
dread and no clear idea what lies at the other end, he
knows he must follow the trail if he has any hope of
discovering his identity.
Meanwhile, homicide detective George Gunn makes the rough
ocean crossing to a remote, sea-battered lighthouse on a
rock in the northern Atlantic, twenty miles west of the
Outer Hebrides, to investigate a brutal murder. Despite
its isolation, the tiny island has seen its share of
tragedy: more than a century earlier, three lighthouse
keepers disappeared, never to be seen or heard from
again. And now there is a new tragedy, and Gunn must
figure out what happened.
At the same time, a teenage girl lies in her Edinburgh
bedroom, desperate to discover the truth about her
father's death. Two years after the discovery of the
pioneering scientist's suicide note, Karen Fleming still
cannot accept that her father would willingly abandon
her. And the more she discovers about the nature of his
research, the more she suspects that suicide had nothing
to do with it.
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