The Chessmen

The third book in the Lewis Trilogy by Peter May is The Chessmen. When Fin MacLeod and his former school friend, Whistler, discover a small aeroplane in the middle of a dried up loch, caused by a 'bog burst', a web of stories from the past resurface to impact upon the lives of Fin's friends, particularly Whistler.

Whistler lives in seclusion in the hills and earns a tentative living carving replicas of the chess figures found buried in the sand. He is also in a custody battle for the right to look after his teenage daughter. When the plane is discovered with a body inside, Whistler disappears and Finn needs to find out what really happened. As in the other two books the reader learns of Fin's past, this time his involvement with a band in Glasgow many years before.

As well as involvement in the complex lives of the people living on the Isle of Lewis, the environment in which they live plays an important part in the telling of the story. I really did enjoy sharing in this world for a short time while reading these novels.