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Condition: brand new format: paperback isbn: 9781782062233 publisher: riverrun overview: entry island is an award-winning standalone thriller from scottish crime writer peter may, following detective sime mackenzie as he investigates a murder on a remote island in canada's gulf of st lawrence. Haunted by vivid dreams echoing a 19th-century scottish emigration story, sime becomes convinced his fate is entwined with the prime suspect's. Blending police procedural with historical mystery, this taut, atmospheric novel won the deanston scottish crime book of the year and suits readers who love layered, character-driven thrillers. About the book: when detective sime mackenzie is sent to remote entry island to investigate a wealthy landowner's murder, he expects a straightforward case against the victim's wife, kirsty. Instead, he feels an inexplicable certainty that he has met her before, despite never setting foot on the island. Sleep-deprived and unravelling, sime is plagued by recurring dreams of his ancestors' brutal eviction from the isle of lewis during the highland clearances, a story preserved in his family's diaries. As the investigation deepens, the parallels between sime's dreams and kirsty's own family history grow impossible to ignore, blurring the line between coincidence, memory and inherited trauma. Peter may weaves a tense modern murder investigation together with a sweeping historical narrative of scottish emigration to canada, creating a dual-timel...