The Night Gate
On sale
4th December 2024
Price: £9.99
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THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
‘Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met.’ BookBrowse
‘No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.’ New York Journal of Books
In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree.
A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house.
The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart.
Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train – one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown. And Enzo’s investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders – the Mona Lisa.
The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020.
LOVED THE NIGHT GATE? Read the first book in the acclaimed China Thrillers, THE FIREMAKER
LOVE PETER MAY? Order his newest thriller, THE BLACK LOCH
‘Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met.’ BookBrowse
‘No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.’ New York Journal of Books
In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree.
A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house.
The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart.
Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train – one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown. And Enzo’s investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders – the Mona Lisa.
The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020.
LOVED THE NIGHT GATE? Read the first book in the acclaimed China Thrillers, THE FIREMAKER
LOVE PETER MAY? Order his newest thriller, THE BLACK LOCH
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Reviews
One of the glories of the modern crime novel
The Night Gate transports the reader back and forth in time and across Europe . . . May uses his intimate knowledge of Scotland and rural France to his advantage, and his expert scene-setting really brings these locations to life. [A] very enjoyable read . . . fascinating historical insights
