BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES
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...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF
EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY**
ELEGANT 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'
Herald
Halloween 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 SERIES
1 - Shadow of the Serpent
2 - Fall from Grace
3 - A Trick of the Light
4 - Nor Will He Sleep
