A great winter-time read!

 ⭑⭑⭑⭑  Peter May won me over many years ago with The Lewis Trilogy. One of my all-time favourite book series, I felt A Winter Grave would be a fun outing. Which it was. In this novel we are back in Scotland though roughly 30 years in the future. Much has changed in Scotland from tech, politics, national alignment and climate so this police procedural investigating the murder of a body found in ice takes a different path from May's previous novels.

Cameron Brodie investigates this murder as he is a keen hill climber, a necessity for reaching the location where the body was found, but there are other reasons Brodie is interested in this case. This story is well rounded and covers quite a lot of ground from past events that have formed the current state of events to the tense potential for the future. This novel isn't as intimate as The Lewis novels were as its developed around the tech of 2051 and the personal dynamic of the locals close to the murder location. With climate change, the amount of snow Scotland gets in this future time is shocking so a brilliant read if you, like me, are hankering after Christmas-time snow that has failed to make as appearance. A great novel, so pleased to be reacquainted with the talented Peter May.