LEWIS MAN

An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog, the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. But this islander, Tormod MacDonald, now an elderly man suffering from dementia, has always claimed to be an only child. When his family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery. A man with no name, a man with no memory, a man with no choice, the setting is the northernmost island of the Scottish Hebridean archipelago and its survival over centuries through labour and devotion to god. Brilliantly evoked. 435pp in paperback. Sunday Times bestseller.