When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis, with similarities to another killing on the mainland, Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is dispatched from Edinburgh to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, and embarks on a voyage into his own troubled past, in this Barry Award winning first novel of Peter May's haunting Lewis trilogy. As Fin comes face-to-face with the people and places of his childhood, this beautiful but desolate island and its ancient customs once again assert their grip on his psyche, and every step toward solving the case brings Fin closer to an explosive confrontation with the dark forces that shaped his life—and nearly destroyed him.