BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES,THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVYELEGANT AND CONVINCING'The Times | 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'Brian Cox | 'EXCELLENT'The Sherlock Holmes Society | 'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' HeraldHalloween 1881,Edinburgh,and the dead are restless.In respectable Edinburgh society,beautiful young American spiritualist,Sophia Adler,is causing a furore with her dramatic séances. But the ghosts of the past seem hell-bent on retribution.Inspector James McLevy finds his investigations distracted by more earthly concerns when Muriel Grierson,an outwardly genteel widow is robbed at home. Her knight in shining armour - one Arthur Conan Doyle,recently graduated from medical school - is keen to learn from such a master of detection as the renowned inspector,but McLevy is less sure that he requires a new acolyte.A vicious murder occurs with evidence of supernatural strength and violence. Treachery revenged from a battle long ago. All roads lead to Sophia Adler and the inspector becomes involved with one of the most dangerous women he has ever encountered. THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES1 - Shadow of the Serpent2 - Fall from Grace3 - A Trick of the Light4 - Nor Will He Sleep
Publisher: John Murray PressISBN: 9781473631045Number of pages: 368Weight: 286 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 26 mm
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PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR McLEVY SERIESMclevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart,prowling the mean wynds and tenements of the endlessly fascinating city. David Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town's steep cobbles and dark corners
An intriguing Victorian story... elegant and convincingMcLevy is one of the greatest psychological creations and Ashton the direct heir to Robert Louis StevensonDavid Ashton's writing is excellent,his characters thoroughly convincing and his narrative grabs youAshton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his ownA real page-turnerDripping with melodrama and derring-do
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