MEET ENZO MACLEOD, AND BEGIN THE ADDICTIVE COLD-CASE SERIES FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND COFFIN ROAD.

An old mystery.
As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France.

A new science.
Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders, armed with modern technology and a total disregard for the justice system.

A fresh trail.
Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.

A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *
A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *
A wonderfully complex book
A wonderfully complex book
He is a terrific writer doing something different * Mark Billingham *
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
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer
Wonderfully compelling
Wonderfully compelling
Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence * Guardian *
Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence * Guardian *
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth * New York Times *
Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth * New York Times *
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years * Independent *
One of the best regarded crime series of recent years * Independent *
Lyrical, empathetic and moving
Lyrical, empathetic and moving
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *
May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships * Sunday Times *
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization * Independent *
Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization * Independent *
Dark, exciting and atmospheric * Scotland on Sunday *
Dark, exciting and atmospheric * Scotland on Sunday *
Powerful and authentic * Glasgow Sunday Herald *
Powerful and authentic * Glasgow Sunday Herald *
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought * Irish Times *
Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought * Irish Times *
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending * Tangles Web *
A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending * Tangles Web *
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed * The Good Book Guide *
Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed * The Good Book Guide *
He is a terrific writer doing something different.
From the first page I knew I was in safe hands. I knew I could trust this writer.
Wonderfully compelling.
Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth. * New York Times *
Dark, exciting and atmospheric. * Scotland on Sunday *

Peter 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.

In 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 The Blackhouse, 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 Entry Island. Peter now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.