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Coffin Road

By: Peter May
Narrated by: Peter Forbes
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Exclusive to Audible! Listen to a discussion between the author and the narrator of Coffin Road at the end of this recording.

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 20 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.

©2016 Peter May (P)2016 Quercus Editions Ltd. Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

Critic reviews

"He is a terrific writer doing something different." (Mark Billingham)
"From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer." (Sophie Hannah)

"Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization." (Independent)
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On par with The Blackhouse which is high praise. Peter May's sense of place makes you long to visit Lewis and Harris and discover the real places where the novel is set. Perhaps the most compelling character in Coffin Road is the landscape itself. The novel is well crafted with a very contemporary theme played out against an ancient landscape a device that works brilliantly. This is not part of the Lewis trilogy but you do feel back in that world with a tiny nod to Finn McCleod and dear George Gunn still plodding on at Stornoway Police headquarters. An exciting listen with great narration by Peter Forbes. A five star recommendation!

Brilliant

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If you could sum up Coffin Road in three words, what would they be?

Gripping. Engaging characters.

What about Peter Forbes’s performance did you like?

Clear, easy to listen to. Good variety of accents for the different people in the story.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Hard to choose one or even several - there were so many. One of the most memorable for me is the opening chapter.

Any additional comments?

We listened to this on a long car journey to our holiday, but when we got there, several times we went out in the car to a viewpoint, mainly to listen to a bit more. So much so that we didn't have enough left to last the journey home, and nothing else we had to listen to seemed quite as gripping.

We were hooked!

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Having read the Lewis trilogy, I was perhaps not surprised to find myself utterly engrossed in the story and carried away by the description of Coffin Road. I don't think the narration could be improved and the interview with the author and narrator is well worth a listen.

Another May winner, outstanding narration.

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Twists and turns are often used to praise a book in a clichéd way, but the twists in this story take you by surprise and keep you hooked. It takes no time to get hooked as the opening line makes you want to know why..

Gripping from the start

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Loved this book and the way it is read, Peter Forbes is brilliant and I can't wait to start the next one by Peter May.

Great from start to finish

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