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'A real page-turner' - Sunday Post'McLevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart... David Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh.' - --Financial Times
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The second in a new series of McLevy books, "Fall from Grace" revolves around the terrible Tay Bridge disaster. The story begins with a break-in and murder at the Edinburgh home of Sir Thomas Bouch, the enigmatic, egotistical builder of the Tay Bridge. McLevy is brought in to investigate. With the help of brothel madam Jean Brash, McLevy finds the murderer, but there is much, much more to unfold: murder, arson, sexual obsession and suicide.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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FALL FROM GRACE is totally compelling. If you've read SHADOW OF THE SERPENT you'll know that Ashton creates a world you inhabit with his characters; if it wasn't impossible you'd swear that the author lived in 19th century Edinburgh.
But this is no historical study - it's a tingling, scary, thrilling tale which thrusts you from low-life to grandee, from the bordello to the great house with a deftness of touch and an unflinching ironic gaze.The story is literally breath-taking and the people in it are people you want to spend time with and who you miss when the story's done.
McLevy is becoming one of the icons of detective fiction.
But this is no historical study - it's a tingling, scary, thrilling tale which thrusts you from low-life to grandee, from the bordello to the great house with a deftness of touch and an unflinching ironic gaze.The story is literally breath-taking and the people in it are people you want to spend time with and who you miss when the story's done.
McLevy is becoming one of the icons of detective fiction.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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A quite original voice in the world of detective fiction, Mr Ashtons' writing delivers a palpable sense of place and time where his finely drawn characters work through narrative strands that are never gratuitous padding,but resolve to a very satisfactory whole.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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There have been a number of enjoyable short plays on BBC Radio 4 written by David Ashton featuring the idiosyncratic detective McLevy, constable Mulholland and the bawdy-house madam, Jean Brash. All three feature in this detective novel along with a number of other memorable characters. It takes a little time to get into this particular story, but once it's going it keeps you gripped, not least, by the lively and very humorous writing counter-balanced by the atmospheric descriptions of the darker side of Edinburgh in the Victorian era. The story intertwines with the real-life events surrounding the building and ultimate fate of the first railway bridge over the river Tay.
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A good read
I enjoyed this - the writing is good and the historical background very interesting. I found the characters to be well drawn and the plot was pretty good too - in fact all the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by BarbaraM
Great read - even better than the 1st in the series
I previously gave a review on the 1st McLevy novel - which I thought was very good. This book is even better. Extremely well drawn characters - and a thoroughly enjoyable yarn. Read more
Published 3 months ago by ChrisM
What a fantastic read !!!
Loved this and could barely put it down. Read the last half of the book in one !!! McLevy and his cohorts really develop character in this the second book of the series. Read more
Published 6 months ago by kdl
A bridge too far
This is 2nd in the McLevy series of books and the first I have read. Unusually this is a book and a series of books based on the Radio Series, rather than the other way around. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Noel
An excellent read from a homegrown author!
Thank god for Kindle, I've only discovered Insp McLevy and have quickly became a huge fan, excellent reading and plenty of humour.
Published 9 months ago by Kezxu
Good Reading
I loved this book, it is an excellent read. The writing reminds me of Kate Atkinson, one of my favourite authors. I have downloaded the second book and am already enjoying it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by WendyHouse
Another gripping read
I bought this ebook after reading Shadow of the Serpent and was not disappointed. A really gripping read, intelligently written.
Published 10 months ago by Gudgie
A great detective story
A really engaging crime story written by David Ashton who is apparently a very popular writer in other European countries but hardly known in UK
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. J. Whitty
Another superb McLevy Mystery!
David Ashton has produced another gripping tale,this time involving Mclevy with an investigation into the Tay Bridge disaster. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by HOMER
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