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Entry Island: An edge-of-your-seat thriller you won't soon forget by [Peter May]

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THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY, THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021

'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.' Undiscovered Scotland
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books

A detective is haunted by the feeling he knows his murder suspect - despite the fact they have never met.

IF YOU FLEE FATE...

When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Island, 850 miles from the Canadian mainland, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret.

FATE WILL FIND YOU...

But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim's wife, and is convinced that he knows her - even though they have never met.

And when his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant Scottish past in another century, this murder in the Gulf of St. Lawrence leads him down a path he could never have foreseen, forcing him to face a conflict between his professional duty and his personal destiny.

LOVED ENTRY ISLAND? Read the first book in Peter May's acclaimed China thrillers series, THE FIREMAKER
LOVE PETER MAY? Buy his new thriller, THE NIGHT GATE

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"A Gordian-knotted plot . . . The final result is a fascinating glimpse into a shameful and frequently overlooked aspect of British history. The author has followed the ties that spread out from the Hebrides to the strong Scottish Gaelic-speaking communities on North America's eastern seaboard and used them to embellish a modern murder mystery."―The Independent

"May is the master of painting a vivid picture of his chosen landscapes and weaving a fascinating plot. The research he has packed in to this well-paced dual tale is impressive . . . An absorbing read from a writer at the top of his game."
―Daily Express

"Breathes fresh life into his writing while allowing many of the themes he likes to explore, such as secrets from the past that carry through to the present, to be revisited."―Crimepieces

"For those who enjoy a historical and social context--I have no hesitation in recommending Entry Island as an exciting, absorbing and moving story."―Lynn Harvey, Eurocrime

"May follows his superb Lewis trilogy with an equally absorbing work . . . Mackenzie's historical quest merges rivetingly with his 21st century police work."―Marcel Berlins, The Times

"Told with exceptional clarity and a fine eye for the claustrophobia of island life, it weaves a hypnotic spell as it jumps between generations and proves that May is a writer to be cherished."―Geoffrey Wansell, The Daily Mail

"Fans of May's Lewis trilogy (The Chessmen, etc.) will welcome this solid standalone, which likewise involves crime on an isolated island . . . Mackenzie's dreams of 19th century Scottish crofters (farmers) and their doomed struggle with powerful landowners, a conflict known as the Highland Clearances, which directly affected his ancestors and perhaps Kirsty's too, provide a powerful counterpoint to the present-day story line."―Publishers Weekly

"This is a tale of two islands, two mysteries, and two places and times. A tale of misfits isolated within their own cultures, and a tale of cultures battling each other, both in the 1800s and today."―Suspense Magazine

"A police procedural with elements of romance plus a healthy infusion of historical fiction. That it works so well is owing to May's ability to create atmosphere you can cut with a dirk and to his storytelling prowess that sweeps all before it."―Library Journal

"May skillfully braids his two story lines into both a gripping mystery and a vivid, fully realized novel of lost love, yearning, and unbearable hardship."―Seattle Times --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Peter May is the multi award-winning author of the internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy, set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland; the China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell; and the critically acclaimed Enzo Files, featuring Scottish forensic scientist Enzo MacLeod, set in France. Entry Island won both the Deanston Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the ITV Crime Thriller Best Read of the Year. One of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists, he garnered more than a thousand credits in fifteen years as scriptwriter and script editor on prime-time British television drama. He is the creator of three major television drama series and presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland before quitting television to concentrate on his first love, writing novels. May lives in France with his wife, the writer Janice Hally.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ riverrun; Reprint edition (December 5, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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"Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth" New York Times

Peter May is the multi award-winning author of:

- the Lewis Trilogy set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland;

- the China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell;

- the Enzo Files, featuring Scottish forensic scientist Enzo MacLeod, which is set in France. The sixth and final Enzo book is Cast Iron (January 2017, Riverrun).

He has also written several standalone books:

- I'll Keep You Safe (January 2018, Riverrun)

- Entry Island (January 2014, Quercus UK)

- Runaway (January 2015, Quercus UK)

- Coffin Road (January 2016, Riverrun)

May had a successful career as a television writer, creator, and producer.

One of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists, he garnered more than 1000 credits in 15 years as scriptwriter and script editor on prime-time British television drama. He is the creator of three major television drama series and presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland before quitting television to concentrate on his first love, writing novels.

Born and raised in Scotland he lives in France.

His breakthrough as a best-selling author came with The Lewis Trilogy. After being turned down by all the major UK publishers, the first of the The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse - was published in France as L'Ile des Chasseurs d'Oiseaux where it was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the French national newspaper L'Humanité. His novels have a large following in France. The trilogy has won several French literature awards, including one of the world's largest adjudicated readers awards, the Prix Cezam.

The Blackhouse was published in English by the award-winning Quercus (a relatively young publishing house which did not exist when the book was first presented to British publishers). It went on to become an international best seller, and was shortlisted for both Barry Award and Macavity Award when it was published in the USA.

The Blackhouse won the US Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel at Bouchercon in Albany NY, in 2013.

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Peter Harris

Entry Island

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2022

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Again loved this Peter Mae book. I just finished his trilogy so I decided to read another one of his books. I wasn’t disappointed. The ending had a twist which always makes it interesting. I highly recommend Peter Mae’s books.

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Another Peter May great

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4 and 1 / 2 stars

Detective Simon “Sime” Mackenzie catches the case of a murder on Entry Island off the coast of Canada. He works for the Quebec Surete. He is the only available detective that speaks both English and French. The islanders are English-only speakers.

A woman named Kirsty Cowell is attacked by a masked intruder. When her husband attempts to rescue her, he is fatally stabbed by the intruder. He is dead.

Complicating the investigation is the fact the officer in charge is Sime’s ex-wife, Marie-Ange. Things ended very badly between them.

Sime and seven of his colleagues sail over to Entry Island to investigate. Sime is startled to realize that he knows Kirsty from somewhere. She says not, however.

The other police officers all believe that Kirsty is guilty. Sime does not want her to be for some reason.

The book has supernatural overtones as Sime slips into trance-like states where he recalls the stories his grandmother told him as a child. He is transported back in time and essentially lives through his great-great-great grandfather as he struggles through life as a child and teen on an isolated island off the coast of Scotland. He is eventually transported to Canada and suffers terribly on the voyage.

Mr. May has a talent for creating unique plots. The writing in this book is creative and colorful. The descriptions of the island and its environment put the reader there so as to see it for themselves. I was very taken with the historical aspect of the book. I wanted so badly to learn what happened to Sime’s many times great grandfather, the original Kirsty and Sime’s Irish friend Michael. And I did.

I have read many of Mr. May’s novels and have liked them all. The only disappointment I have about this book was the rather corny ending.

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Interesting twist

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 19, 2022

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The story was best at the end. The lead up was a bit too long. The blending of past and present was done as well as it could’ve been. But overall I enjoyed this book. Though his series on the outer Hebrides is much better.

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Mountain Mama

Surprising

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 19, 2022

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This book combined a murder mystery with a historical story that provided background for a minor detail in the mystery. Not sure how, but it worked. At times the story dragged with descriptions of unnecessary details. Overall a good read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2021

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I've never read anything by Peter May before, so I don't know anything about his work, but when I picked up Entry Island I thought I was going to be reading a thriller. What I got was more of a historical fiction with a bit of a thriller thrown in. Don't get me wrong, I love historical fiction, but that's not what I wanted to read this time, I wanted a good thriller to keep me on the edge of my seat. This one was not that.

There's been a murder on Entry Island, a small strip of land that lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence that houses a mere 130 people. Detective Sime Mackenzie is one of 8 investigators charged with flying there to figure out what happened and whose responsible. When he meets the victim's wife, the prime suspect he instantly recognizes her, but from where? She doesn't recognize him and they've never met. The case looks pretty open and shut, but it's all circumstantial, so far.

Detective Sime is a troubled man and has just divorced his wife, another detective on the scene. Their relationship now is tenuous at best. He's suffering from insomnia and losing his edge due to lack of sleep, but it's while he's not sleeping that the majority of the story takes place. When he drifts off for short periods of time and begins dreaming of his early ancestors. These dreams will eventually help lead him to the answers he'll need to solve the crime, but the dreams and his ancestor's lives seem to take over the book and I completely forgot there was even a murderer running loose on the island.

The two stories did eventually come together and the ending did sway me into three stars rather than two, but I still didn't get the thrills and chills I expect from a thriller. I enjoyed it for it's historical aspects, I'm always in for historical fiction, but that's not what I wanted to read this time. I was disappointed. Like I said though I've never read from this author and don't know if this is a common thread in his writing, so I'm not going to harp on it too much. I'd be curious to know about his other books and may venture out and read another just to find out. I'm curious that way. This is the book of the month for April in one of the groups I belong to on GR, so I'll be anxious to see what others thought of it! Happy Reading!

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Siesta1422

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2022

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I liked the murder mystery part but was bored by the historical parallel story - really, was it so difficult for an intelligent detective to join the dots? And a diary from the 1800’s written in 21st century style and language, with full narrative recall? I don’t think so.
I liked May’s Lewis Trilogy so will probsbly give him another chance.

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Paris

Not one thing or another.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 20, 2020

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This is a very personal viewpoint and clearly Peter May has many devoted followers but this was not for me. I thought I was about to read a novel about a murder and it’s consequences but the interspersing of historical content alongside this almost as a second narrative did not succeed for me; the “romantic” element read like a Mills and Boon and the Scottish element was insufficiently fleshed out. It was neither one thing not the other, it felt far too much like pop-history and not rooted enough in the real accounts of the highland clearances. I did like the Canadian setting, somewhere I do not know enough about and did find interesting but trying to weave two distinct narratives together just got in the way of a half decent crime novel. I spead read most of that part and was unsure whether it was going to descend into a supernatural tale, a genre which I avoid like the plague. It did not but it was always on my horizon which irritated me.
The book must have some qualities in it as I did finish it, which I do not always do if not finding reasonable enjoyment. It was curiousity which took me to the end, almost against my better judgement. The end really was saccharine and quite trite. I do not think I will read another by this author although I did read and enjoy the Lewis trilogy. I am staggered at it being awarded Crime Thriller of the Year; can only assume Specsavers is better at eyes than books! Stay with the day job, Specsavers?

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Mandrek Larl

What a good story this is, it's so good that I dared to recommend it to the Memsahib and...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 6, 2022

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... there's only praise from her.

Reminiscent of his "Lewis Trilogy" series, in both its setting and time-slipping May sets this tale of murder and mystery on the very real isolated Entry Island (population approximately 60) off the east coast of the Magdalen Islands that lie at the mouth of the St Lawrence. And like the "Lewis Trilogy" the island: its remoteness, its small insular community, and its extreme weather and its abrupt changes is very much a character along with Montreal Police's less than finest, the very troubled Detective Sime Mackenzie [but then which fictional detective isn't troubled] sent from Montreal with a team of other detectives that, to add spice to what appears on the face of it to be a straight-forward murder investigation with an obvious prime suspect, include Mackenzie's ex-wife [cue troubled backstory, cue sidestory with fireworks and more troubles].

No spoilers here, but while the victim's wife, may seem to be the obvious suspect to be the rest of the team she's not to Detective Mackenzie who sets off on his own investigation to find the killer and simultaneously lay [some of] his demons to rest as the story time-slips between a present day Quebecois whodunnit and a historic romance set against the background of the Victorian Highland Clearances.

Highly recommended, particularly if you enjoyed the Lewis Trilogy, but don't expect realism or anything straight forward or uncontrived in this cleverly worked cocktail of whodunnit, thriller and period romance.

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Lizanne Lloyd

Flashback history while justice is done

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 23, 2021

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Sime Mackenzie is a lonely man. Since the breakup of his marriage, he has suffered sleep deprivation and regret. Now he has been assigned to a new investigation team sent to the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of the St Lawrence. As the only native English speaker amongst the other French speaking members of the Canadian team he leads interrogations, but the rest of the team are wary of him, especially as the crime scene investigator is his estranged wife Marie-Ange.
In parallel to the mysterious murder case are Sime’s dreams of the Highland Clearance which involved his Scottish ancestor. This alternating story is distressing but informative and for me it was the investigation and Sime’s mental breakdown which I found more compelling. The isolation of the close-knit community on Entry Island reflects the township on the coast of the Isle of Lewis and Harris where another Sime Mackenzie once lived.
I very much enjoyed Peter May’s Lewis trilogy so this book appealed to me but reading the novel, it was the nature of life in Canada and its history which caught my interest most. The story is fascinating on many levels, but it takes time to reach the satisfactory conclusion.

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Derick Parsons

Flawed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 24, 2020

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As all too often with this author, this was an enjoyable, well-written book let down by a silly, ridiculously improbable plot/ending. Anything, it seems, for an unexpected twist, and farewell logic, common sense and even the slightest touch of credibility. I had some issues with the diary too: no teenager in his position, undergoing his troubles, would keep a journal, and as a semi-literate Gaelic speaker he certainly wouldn’t have written it in English. And confessing in it to one manslaughter and one murder......Bah!

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Annik Lamotte

This book has a new kind of Peter May feeling - bravo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 25, 2014

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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... I have a confession to make and if there was such a thing as a PMA Group I would stand up and say, "I am Annik and I am a Peter May Addict." The New York Times reviewer said "Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth" and I would agree with him/her wholeheartedly.

I was originally captivated and entranced by the Lewis Trilogy which I happened upon by chance and thought could not be surpassed. I waited with bated breath for "The Chessmen". My husband and I had been due to go on holiday to the Outer Hebrides a couple of years ago when the Australian great friend who was to accompany us died ten weeks after diagnosis from a very rare cancer on the day we would have taken the ferry. My husband and I couldn't bear to go through with the trip but the Outer Hebrides and all the research I'd done about the place still fascinated me. I thought Peter May was a master writer and couldn't imagine how he could repeat the fabulous trilogy.

Then after a significant time, I decided to read the Enzo series, having been put off by his name and thinking they would be about Italy – not France. My husband and I now live in France for six months of the year and have had our house in the Creuse, on the brink of the Massif Central, for 20 years. I devoured the five Enzo books in a fortnight and appreciated all the nuances about French life that Peter May wove into his series. Enzo is a fascinating character, his personal life is rivetting and the cold crime puzzles he tackles are intriguing; I am bereft that apparently there is only going to be one more title in the series. (What happened to the seventh mystery?)

I then read four of the six Chinese-based books and although the heroine is impossibly annoying, loved them too. I even recommended them to a friend whose son works in China as an English teacher to kindergarten age children. I knew almost nothing about China before reading the books but now feel I have learned a tiny but significant amount.

I have just finished "Entry Island", which I thought was brilliant. I am now going to read all his "other" works. As a former journalist I am looking forward to the very early titles, "The Reporter" and "The Standard". I hope there will be enough to keep me going for a few months, anyway...

All I can say about Peter May's work is that he is a genius and YOU MUST READ HIM!

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