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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 BCC, 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.
He has 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.
Genres: Mystery, General Fiction, Thriller
Series
Yan & Campbell
1. The Firemaker (1999)
2. The Fourth Sacrifice (2000)
3. The Killing Room (2000)
4. Snakehead (2002)
5. The Runner (2003)
6. Chinese Whispers (2003)
7. The Ghost Marriage (2017)
China Thrillers 4 Books Set (omnibus) (2017)
China Thrillers Collection 5 Books Set (omnibus) (2017)
China Thrillers Collection 3 Books Set (omnibus) (2018)
1. The Firemaker (1999)
2. The Fourth Sacrifice (2000)
3. The Killing Room (2000)
4. Snakehead (2002)
5. The Runner (2003)
6. Chinese Whispers (2003)
7. The Ghost Marriage (2017)
China Thrillers 4 Books Set (omnibus) (2017)
China Thrillers Collection 5 Books Set (omnibus) (2017)
China Thrillers Collection 3 Books Set (omnibus) (2018)
Enzo Macleod Investigation
1. Extraordinary People (2006)
aka Dry Bones
2. The Critic (2007)
aka A Vintage Corpse
3. Blacklight Blue (2008)
4. Freeze Frame (2010)
5. Blowback (2011)
6. Cast Iron (2017)
1. Extraordinary People (2006)
aka Dry Bones
2. The Critic (2007)
aka A Vintage Corpse
3. Blacklight Blue (2008)
4. Freeze Frame (2010)
5. Blowback (2011)
6. Cast Iron (2017)
Lewis Trilogy
1. The Blackhouse (2011)
2. The Lewis Man (2011)
3. The Chessmen (2012)
The Lewis Trilogy (omnibus) (2013)
1. The Blackhouse (2011)
2. The Lewis Man (2011)
3. The Chessmen (2012)
The Lewis Trilogy (omnibus) (2013)
Novels
The Reporter (1978)
Fallen Hero (1979)
Hidden Faces (1981)
aka The Man With No Face
The Noble Path (1992)
Virtually Dead (2010)
Entry Island (2013)
Runaway (2015)
Coffin Road (2016)
I'll Keep You Safe (2018)
A Silent Death (2020)
Fallen Hero (1979)
Hidden Faces (1981)
aka The Man With No Face
The Noble Path (1992)
Virtually Dead (2010)
Entry Island (2013)
Runaway (2015)
Coffin Road (2016)
I'll Keep You Safe (2018)
A Silent Death (2020)
Collections
Bloody Scotland (2017) (with Lin Anderson, Chris Brookmyre, Ann Cleeves, Doug Johnstone, Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Craig Robertson and Sara Sheridan)
Non fiction
Awards
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Peter May recommends
Aurore (2017)
(Wars Within, book 2)
Graham Hurley
"So well-written you can smell the sweat and taste the fear."
Bloody January (2017)
(Harry McCoy, book 1)
Alan Parks
"1970s Glasgow hewn from flesh and drawn in blood."
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