#112 in Crime & mystery
The Blackhouse
- 501
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Blackhouse” is an atmospheric crime novel in which a murder on the Isle of Lewis leads back into an unhappy island childhood. Peter May gives the detective’s memories as much room as the investigation. Some readers find the mystery slow and its solution easy to guess; others are won over by the Hebridean setting and its island life, though the final twist seems oddly paced to some of them. It opens the “Lewis Trilogy”.
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About the book
The Blackhouse is a suspense thriller, the first novel of The Lewis Trilogy, written by the Scottish writer Peter May.
Reading order · Lewis Trilogy
Full order & progress →- The BlackhouseThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Lewis ManThe Lewis Man–Not ranked yet
- The ChessmenThe Chessmen–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 57 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 28% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 57 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Blackhouse?
It has 501 pages — longer than 85% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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