{"product_id":"a-trick-of-the-light-9781473631045","title":"A Trick of the Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown  as the father of  forensics and a likely influence on Sir Arthur Conan  Doyle, real-life  police inspector James McLevy is here reinvented by  David Ashton in a  thrilling mystery - the third in a series - set in  dark, violent  Victorian Edinburgh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR McLEVY SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMclevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart, prowling the mean wynds and tenements of the endlessly fascinating city.\u003cb\u003e David Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly\u003c\/b\u003e that you feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town's steep cobbles and dark corners\u003c\/p\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing Victorian story... \u003cb\u003eelegant and convincing\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMcLevy is one of the greatest psychological creations and \u003cb\u003eAshton the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e * Brian Cox, CBE - Award-winning actor *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing and \u003cb\u003ehis narrative grabs you\u003c\/b\u003e * The Sherlock Holmes Society *\u003cbr\u003eAshton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eA real page-turner * Sunday Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDripping with melodrama and derring-do\u003c\/b\u003e * Herald *","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739517759831,"sku":"9781473631045","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473631045.jpg?v=1720052464","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-trick-of-the-light-9781473631045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}