Peter May could never stay in one place for long, and his characters rarely get the chance to. In these standalone novels, a life is upended between one breath and the next. A stranger crawls from the Atlantic with no memory of who he is. A Lewis businesswoman flies home from Paris with her husband's ashes and a French detective's suspicions trailing behind her. A Spanish policewoman learns how patient a vendetta can be. Scotland's wild margins and Spain's sun-bleached south have seldom felt so perilous.
Peter May, Coffin Road- A man washed up on Harris with no memory follows an old map towards the truth about himself.
Peter May, I'll Keep You Safe- Widowed by a Paris car bomb and suspected of murder, Niamh Macfarlane returns to Lewis determined to find the truth.
Peter May, A Silent Death - A fugitive's vendetta against a Spanish policewoman meets its match in the dogged Scottish investigator sent to stop him.