David Ashton is een Schotse acteur en schrijver die een parallelle carrière heeft opgebouwd in fictie, film- en televisiescenario's, en toneel- en hoorspelen. Zijn schrijven kenmerkt zich door diversiteit en diepgang, waarbij Ashton een breed scala aan thema's en personages verkent. Ashtons meesterschap in het ambacht blijkt uit zijn boeiende dialogen en levendige beschrijvingen die zowel lezers als luisteraars naar zijn werelden trekken. Zijn vermogen om complexe en meeslepende verhalen te creëren, heeft hem gevestigd als een belangrijke literaire stem.
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 third in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
The fascinating story of how a quiet Berkshire village became a US communication base controlling foreign agents working in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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.
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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 second in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
It's springtime and Jean Brash, Mistress of the Just Land (best bawdy-hoose in Edinburgh), is raring to go. But past, present and future collide to undermine that desire. A theatre company arrives in Leith to perform KING LEAR. A ruthless robbery is planned, and a gruesome murder committed, both of which set Inspector James McLevy on the prowl; and Jean's past returns in the form of a bad seed from a vicious killer. Even more lethally, her own lost family life explodes in the present, as a wild young actress who trails violence and death behind her involves Jean in a dangerous complex game that threatens to destroy the very root of her identity. When you look death in the face, it's best not to blink - otherwise the play is over.
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 first in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
Jean Brash, who first appeared in the McLevy mysteries, was once a child of the streets, now Mistress of the Just Land, the best bawdy-hoose in Edinburgh - on her own and on the case ... of violent murder.
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