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故事发生在苏格兰西海岸外的路易斯岛。那里风景如画,但气候恶劣;世风纯朴,但民生多艰。8月的一个周六夜晚,内斯港的一个舢板棚里发生了一起谋杀案,外号“天使”的安格斯·麦克里奇被人勒死后吊在屋梁上剖腹。虽然“天使”向来作恶多端,但他的惨死还是震惊了每一位岛民。三个月前。在200英里外的苏格兰首府爱丁堡,一个风雨交加的夜晚,利斯路的一棵大树上赫然吊着一具被剖腹的赤裸尸体。两起谋杀案,作案手法极其相似:受害者都是从背后遭到袭击。都是在头部遭到重创后被勒死。都被脱去衣服后吊起来。都被剖腹……这两起谋杀案难道是一人所为?因年幼的儿子在一起肇事逃逸的车祸中不幸遇难,负责利斯路谋杀案调查的警官芬·麦克劳德不得不中途休假,他与妻子本就紧张的关系更是雪上加霜,婚姻面临解体。现在,芬要被派回已阔别18年的故乡路易斯岛,并案调查“天使”谋杀案。当年,他是那么急切地想逃离路易斯岛,逃离一些人,一些事。眼下,重新站在这片热土上,除了发小、故交、初恋情人,等待他的还有什么呢?
The story takes place on the island of Louis on the west coast of Scotland. Where the picturesque, but the climate is bad; simple world, but the livelihood of the more difficult. On a Saturday night in August, a murder took place in a dinghy shed in Ness Harbor. Angus McCurge, nicknamed “Angel,” was strangled and hung on the house beam and cesarean section. Although “Angel” has always been evil, his tragic death has shocked every Islander. Three months ago. 200 miles away in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, a stormy night, Lees Road, a large tree impressively hanging a celiac naked body. In both murders, the modus operandi is very similar: the victims were attacked from behind. All were strangled after the head was hit hard. After being undressed, hang up. Have been cesarean ... ... these two murders is one person for? Because of the young son died in a car accident accidental death, the police officer responsible for Lees Road murder investigation Fen · MacLeod had to leave halfway, His tense relationship with his wife is even worse, the marriage is facing disintegration. Now, Fen has been sent back to Louis Island, his hometown that has been 18 years old, and the “” angel "murder investigation. That year, he was eager to flee from Louis Island, escape some people, a few things. Right now, to stand on this piece of land, in addition to small, so pay, first love, wait for him what else?