Nor Will He Sleep, David Ashton
Nor Will He Sleep, David Ashton
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Nor Will He Sleep
An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4

Author: David Ashton

Narrator: David Ashton

Unabridged: 14 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 06/30/2016

Synopsis


LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES.

THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR McLEVY.

1887. The streets of Edinburgh seethe with anarchy as two gangs of students rival each other in wild exploits. After a pitched battle between them, an old woman is found savagely battered to death in Leith Harbour.

Enter the Thieftaker - Inspector Jame McLevy. With Constable Mulholland at his side, he scours the low dives of the waterfront and then sees the tendrils of the case spread to more respectable nooks and crannies.

When the inspector encounters Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in the city to bury his deceased father, the two recognise each other as fellow travellers, observers of the dark side of human nature and both hopeless insomniacs.

Glimpses of the murderer indicate a slender, androgynous figure with a silver cane, which is used to lethal effect. A dancing killer non unlike Mr Edward Hyde.

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 Adrienne

David Ashton's stories of Inspector McLevy always have enough drama to keep me interested. It is true that they can sometimes lose me somewhere in the middle for a bit but I always manage to catch up to the characters. I also was intrigued by Robert Louis Stevenson's character in the book and of cou......more

Goodreads review by Andy

Another excellent book in the series. Set in 1880s Edinburgh this one has Robert Louis Stevenson as guest star. Inspector McLevy is not quite himself this time, plagued by bad dreams and chest pains, and an unlikely affliction. All characters are well-drawn, Edinburgh itself included. Some grisly mur......more

Goodreads review by Gary and Sandra Sims

Wonderful series This is a thoroughly enjoyable book that keeps you entertain with the story line. Here you have murder, young men's high jinks and a famous author all mix together into a "who done it". Inspector McLevy must make sense of all of this along with dealing with his unfamiliar feelings of......more

Goodreads review by Cody

A bittersweet, but fitting end to the series. 4/5 stars. The best way to describe this book is that it's like every other book in the series. Depending on your previous experience, this could either be good or bad. But it's consistent nonetheless. In my case, it had the things I loved, but also thing......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

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