Fall From Grace
On sale
12th May 2016
Price: £19.99
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
A burglary and murder at the home of Sir Thomas Bouch, the enigmatic architect of the ill-fated Tay Bridge, sets Inspector James McLevy off on a train of brutal killings, lethal liaisons, and double suicide which leads to a violent encounter with an old enemy, Hercules Dunbar.
Caught up in a terrifying storm as he tracks his foe to Dundee, McLevy watches the rail bridge collapse and plunge into the icy depths of the Tay. The aftermath brings the destruction of reputation and love as the inspector uncovers the secret passions which have led to murder.
(P)2016 John Murray Press
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Reviews
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
An intriguing Victorian story... elegant and convincing
McLevy is one of the greatest psychological creations and Ashton the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson
David Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing and his narrative grabs you
Ashton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own
A real page-turner