{"product_id":"mistress-of-the-just-land-9781473632271","title":"Mistress of the Just Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Jean Brash \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis my favourite character and David Ashton''s writing is as delicious, elegant and compelling as she is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiobhan Redmond (Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4''s McLevy series)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Brash, who first appeared in BBC Radio 4''s Inspector McLevy mysteries, is a formidable woman in her prime. Once a child of the streets, she is now Mistress of the Just Land, the best bawdy-hoose in Edinburgh and her pride and joy. But a murder in her establishment could wreck everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Year''s Day - and through the misty streets of Victorian Edinburgh an elegant, female figure walks the cobblestones - with a certain vengeful purpose. Jean Brash, the Mistress of the Just Land, brings her cool intelligence to solving a murder, a murder that took place in her own bawdy-hoose. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA prominent judge, strangled and left dangling, could bring her whole life to ruin and she didn''t haul herself off the streets, up through lo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is Jean Brash centre stage in all her splendour - \u003cb\u003eclever, cheeky, generous, alluring, hard-headed\u003c\/b\u003e, yet prone to the occasional burst of crazy romanticism, an old friend who is full of surprises. I find her as irresistible as McLevy does: \u003cb\u003eshe's my favourite character and David Ashton's writing is as delicious, elegant and compelling as she is\u003c\/b\u003e. * Siobhan Redmond (Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4’s McLevy series) *\u003cbr\u003eAshton is an old hand at milking the Old Town, New Town and Leith for their \u003cb\u003emaximum atmosphere, suspense and air of criminality\u003c\/b\u003e. That, combined with the intriguing premise of a crime-solving brotel-keeper, makes \u003ci\u003eMistress of the Just Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e a most diverting page turner\u003c\/b\u003e * Herald *\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 *\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885773500759,"sku":"9781473632271","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473632271.jpg?v=1722537648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mistress-of-the-just-land-9781473632271","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}