<p><b></b><br><b>LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES.</b><br><b>THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR McLEVY.</b><br>'DAVID ASHTON IMPECCABLY EVOKES EDINBURGH' <i>Financial Times</i><br>ELEGANT AND CONVINCING' <i>The Times</i><br>'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox<br>'EXCELLENT' <i>The Sherlock Holmes Society</i><br>'A REAL PAGE-TURNER' <i>Sunday Post</i><br>'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' <i>Herald</i></p><p><b>Halloween 1881, Edinburgh, and the dead are restless.</b><br>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.<br>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.<br>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. </p><p><b>THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES</b><br>1 - Shadow of the Serpent<br>2 - Fall from Grace<br>3 - A Trick of the Light<br>4 - Nor Will He Sleep</p>