A Trick of the Light, David Ashton
A Trick of the Light, David Ashton
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A Trick of the Light
An Inspector McLevy Mystery 3

Author: David Ashton

Narrator: David Ashton

Unabridged: 15 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 06/09/2016


Synopsis

LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES.

THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR McLEVY.

'DAVID ASHTON IMPECCABLY EVOKES EDINBURGH' Financial Times
ELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times
'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox
'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock Holmes Society
'A REAL PAGE-TURNER' Sunday Post
'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

(P)2016 John Murray Press

About David Ashton

DAVID ASHTON was born in Greenock in 1941. He studied at Central Drama School, London, from 1964 to 1967, and most recently appeared in The Last King of Scotland and The Etruscan Smile. David started writing in 1984 and he has seen many of his plays and TV adaptations broadcast - he wrote early episodes of EastEnders and Casualty, and twelve McLevy series for BBC Radio 4.inspectormclevy.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cody

An enjoyable, albeit mixed, mystery read. 3.5/5 stars. This entry in the Inspector McLevy series saw us back with our guys investigating a couple of mysteries. I was immediately intrigued, both because we know the mysteries will tie together eventually, but also because we had a character in one of m......more

Goodreads review by Andy

Another great book, interweaving three crimes seamlessly. As before, a real person, this time Arthur Conan Doyle, is a major character in the novel. McLevy becomes, in part, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. The American Civil War and spiritualism provide a backdrop to the action. There’s a surpr......more

Goodreads review by Toni

This is a very difficult book to summarize because it had so many plots running through it, although all are drawn together and the mysteries solved at the end, including one none are aware of until the actual ending. Most history buffs will be aware that the South sought to get aid from the UK duri......more

Goodreads review by Sunil

A first class mystery starring some very delightful characters including Arthur Conan Doyle and possibly his inspirations for Sherlock Holmes (Inspector MsLevy ) as well as Ms Adler ! The dark undercurrents and chilling ambience in sinister Edinburgh of the Victorian era form the backdrop for a spec......more


Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR McLEVY SERIES
Mclevy 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 Financial Times

An intriguing Victorian story... elegant and convincing The Times

McLevy is one of the greatest psychological creations and Ashton the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson Brian Cox, CBE - Award-winning actor

David Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing and his narrative grabs you The Sherlock Holmes Society

Ashton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own Scotsman

A real page-turner Sunday Post

Dripping with melodrama and derring-do Herald