Runaway

a high-stakes mystery thriller from the master of quality crime writing

By: Peter May

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Paperback | 3 November 2026 | Edition Number 1

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432 Pages

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2.9 x 12.8 x 19.7

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'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.' Undiscovered Scotland
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books

FIVE DREAMS OF FAME

Glasgow, 1965. Jack Mackay dares not imagine a life of predictability and routine. The headstrong seventeen-year-old has one thing on his mind - London - and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow band mates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom.

FIVE DECADES OF FEAR

Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay dares not look back on a life of failure and mediocrity. The heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year old is still haunted by the cruel fate that befell him and his friends some fifty years before, and how he did and did not act when it mattered most - a memory he has run from all his adult life.

London, 2015. A man lies dead in a bedsit. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers five decades before will now be finished.

LOVED ENTRY ISLAND? Read the first book in Peter May's acclaimed Lewis Trilogy, THE BLACKHOUSE
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A wonderful exhibition of just how very good May can be. - Daily Mail

A gripping story interspersed with tragedy and humour and leading up to a deeply moving ending. Storytelling at its best. - Express

A terrific read, suffused with nostalgia and the burden of long-suppressed guilt. - Sunday Times

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