Letters from the past, a murdered Confederate soldier in Leith, seances, brothels at war, Arthur Conan Doyle and monsters in the night are all in the mix in this Inspector McLevy mystery.
Madame
Jean Brash has a new competitor in the brothel business, known as The
Countess. Two of her magpies have flitted over to Jean. The Countess
will not countenance this and a fierce rivalry ensues that will lead to
violence and death.
A robbery at the friend of Doyle's mother
result in the introduction of Doyle to Inspector McLevy. Doyle is a fan
of 'deduction' and requests to tag along during the investigation.
When
a businessman is found murdered, Doyle is able to tell McLevy that the
victim had caused the medium, Sophia Adler, to scream and faint during a
seance. Another murder puts Jean right in the mix as the main
culprit.
It is up to Inspector McLevy to either tie all of
these leads together or rather unravel the whole mess. Author David
Ashton does a fine job of leading the reader on a merry chase.
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