{"product_id":"the-black-loch-9781529436068","title":"The Black Loch","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet against the brooding landscape of the Hebrides, Peter May returns to the territory of his bestselling \u003ci\u003eLewis Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, and his much-loved detective, Fin Macleod.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the lifeless body of eighteen-year-old Caitlin is discovered on a desolate beach by the Black Loch, questions of murder and secrecy shroud the tight-knit community. It soon emerges that the young woman was in an illicit relationship with Fionnlagh Macleod, a married teacher at the Nicholson Institute where she was a student. Her lover becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigation. He is also Fin's son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite leaving the island a decade earlier to escape the haunting memories of his past, Fin is compelled to return to Lewis in a desperate attempt, despite the evidence, to clear his troubled son's name. He will discover that the crime is connected to his own teenage years, in a tragic salmon fishing accident that had led to two deaths, and in the growth of a multi-billion pound industry on the island. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Black Loch takes us on a journey through family ties, hidden relationships and unforgiving landscapes, where suspense, violent revenge and revelation converge in the shadow of the Black Loch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Blackhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eEntry Island\u003c\/i\u003e. Peter now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874678673682,"sku":"9781529436068","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb16d0b9-911e-475f-a8be-58f75a0e6d65.jpg?v=1738003865","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-black-loch-9781529436068","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}