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Having just come back from a week on Harris and Lewis I was extremely embarrassed (for being a Vall McDermid Adrian McKinty fan) to not know about The Lewis Trilogy. Of course I should have read it before I left but only started it on the ferry pulling out of Tarbert. My word how I enjoyed it and its atmosphere. I came to it expecting a Crime thriller, but most of the book instead is a tortured memoir of some one whose childhood was deeply unhappy on this Island and could not wait to leave. In the end it all ties in but the book resonated with one who had the luck of spending a wonderful week on this hebridean island. Even the Guga hunter scenes were so vivid as we had been to St. Kilda and seen the Stacs out there. If you are drawn to BBC productions like Shetland (Ann Cleves) or Hinterland the this book is for you.