{"product_id":"2940169222746","title":"A Trick of the Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon had Sherlock Holmes. The dark alleys of Edinburgh had Inspector McLevy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 mysteryamp;mdash;the third in a seriesamp;mdash;set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalloween 1881, Edinburgh, and the dead are restless. In respectable Edinburgh society, beautiful young American spiritualist Sophia Adler is causing a furor with her dramatic séances. But the ghosts of the past seem hell-bent on retribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector James McLevy finds his investigations distracted by more earthly concerns when Muriel Grierson, an outwardly genteel widow, is robbed at home. Her knight in shining armouramp;mdash;one Arthur Conan Doyle, recently graduated from medical schoolamp;mdash;is keen to learn from such a master of detection as the renowned inspector, but McLevy is less sure that he requires a new acolyte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vicious murder occurs with evidence of supernatural strength and violence. Treachery revenged from a battle long ago. All roads lead to Sophia Adler, and the inspector becomes involved with one of the most dangerous women he has ever encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100616474864,"sku":"2940169222746","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169222746_p0.jpg?v=1763768108","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169222746","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}