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Nor Will He Sleep
(2013)(The fourth book in the Inspector McLevy Mystery series)
A novel by David Ashton
London had Sherlock Holmes. The dark alleys of Edinburgh had Inspector McLevy.
Known 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 fourth in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
It's 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 James 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 The 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 hopeless insomniacs.
Glimpses of the murderer indicate a slender, androgynous figure with a silver cane, which is used to lethal effect. A dancing killer not unlike Mr Edward Hyde.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Known 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 fourth in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
It's 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 James 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 The 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 hopeless insomniacs.
Glimpses of the murderer indicate a slender, androgynous figure with a silver cane, which is used to lethal effect. A dancing killer not unlike Mr Edward Hyde.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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Title: Nor Will He Sleep
Author(s): David Ashton
ISBN: 1-4448-3672-2 / 978-1-4448-3672-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Ltd
Availability: Amazon UK
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June 2016 : USA Audio edition

Title: Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4
Author(s): David Ashton
Publisher: Two Roads
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June 2016 : Australia Audio edition

Title: Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4
Author(s): David Ashton
Publisher: Two Roads
Availability: Amazon AU
June 2016 : Canada Audio edition

Title: Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4
Author(s): David Ashton
Publisher: Two Roads
Availability: Amazon CA
June 2016 : UK Audio edition

Title: Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4
Author(s): David Ashton
Publisher: Two Roads
Availability: Amazon UK
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May 2016 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
May 2016 : Australia, UK Kindle edition