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Peter May wins CWA Dagger in the Library

Peter May has won the Crime Writers' Association "Dagger in the Library".
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'Lockdown' Peter May's prescient thriller

Lockdown, Peter May's thriller set in a world quarantined during a deadly virus pandemic was written before the current crisis, but it was a dystopian image of London that publishers at the time found too extreme to be credible. That has all changed now.  Read more...


The Man With No Face UK Launch Tour January 2019

A new edition of The Man With No Face is released this January.  Originally written and published in 1981, this fast-moving political thriller is set in 1979 but is contemporary in its themes.  Read more...

New Book and UK Launch Tour January 2018

Peter makes an explosive return to the Hebrides with his latest thriller, I'll Keep You Safe.... Read more...

Summer Festival Appearances in the UK & New Books in UK and North America

Peter will be appearing at the following festivals this summer... Read more...

Cast Iron - the 6th and Final Enzo File

The 6th and final book in Peter May's "Enzo Files" series - Cast Iron - will be published in January 2017 in the UK.... Read more...

China Thrillers - new editions 2016

First published between 1999 and 2004, Peter May's China Thrillers are being brought back into print by Quercus publishers' new imprint - riverrun.... Read more...

Tour of Australia and New Zealand 2016

Dates and venues for events on Peter's tour of Australia and New Zealand have just been announce.  He will be doing events in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane in Australia and Dunedin in New Zealand... Read more...

New Book Brings Murder Back to the Hebrides

Peter's latest book, COFFIN ROAD will mark a return to the Hebrides for the Scottish writer.    Read more...


UK & US Awards and Author Events Worldwide

Peter is on three award shortlists and will be appearing at festivals in Harrogate, Edinburgh and Stirling in the UK this summer.  Read more ...

"Runaway" coming to UK in January 2015

Peter May's latest book "Runaway" will be published in the UK in January 2015.  Read more ...

Double UK Award Coup for "Entry Island"

Peter May's "Entry Island" has just won two major awards in the UK.  Read more ...

US, Canada and Scotland dates for Peter May Tour August/September 2014

During August and September 2014 Peter May will be touring Scotland, the USA and Canada.  Read more ...


Lewis Trilogy comes to America

The Lewis Trilogy will now be published in full in America. The Blackhouse is now available in paperback and The Lewis Man will be published in September 2014 with The Chessmen following early in 2015. Read more ...


"Extraordinary People" - now published in UK

The first of the Enzo Files, "Extraordinary People" is available for the first time in the UK, published by Quercus.. Read more ...


"Entry Island" - May's latest standalone

After the conclusion of The Lewis Trilogy (The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen), May has written a standalone novel split between Quebec, Canada, and the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Read more ...

Barry Award for "The Blackhouse"

At Bouchercon, in Albany NY, George Easter presented Peter with the Barry Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year in the USA for The Blackhouse.

"The Blackhouse" - one of Library Journal "Books of the Year":

Scottish author May (...) has written a mesmerizing new trilogy opener.
... a breathtaking conclusion with an astonishing twist at the end.