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The Painted Lady
A dead judgeOCOs wife is suspected of poisoning him and the Haymarket police think they have a foolproof case. They have undisclosed evidence she has been having an affair with a society artist plus the fact that a quantity of arsenic has been found in the judgeOCOs body. She appeals for help to McLevy though the case is not in his parish; there is an ambivalent quality to her, an elusive attraction that the Inspector canOCOt resist. Nor can LeithOCOs finest avoid the temptation of getting one over his Haymarket colleagues. In a world of corruption, drugs and unfaithfulness who is to be believed? McLevy finds the answer but will justice be done?"
27 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2013
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David Ashton
106 books32 followersDavid Ashton (born 10 November 1941 in Greenock) is a Scottish actor and writer. Trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, 1964–67, he has acted in a wide variety of film, television, theatre and radio roles. He has also developed a parallel career as a writer of fiction, film and television screenplays and plays for theatre and radio. His radio play The Old Ladies at the Zoo, which starred Peggy Mount and Liz Smith, won the Radio Times Drama Award in 1985.
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June 7, 2014
Too many books with this title. I had trouble finding the right one.
Golly, this seemed awfully short. It's hard to tell with an ebook. To give you an idea of how short it was, I read it during lunch.
It wasn't until quite a ways in that I realized this was the Ispector McLevy from the BBC radio dramas. Ohhh. Maybe these aren't intended to be full-length novels. In the beginning I was thwarted by the heavy Scots dialect going on, but once I realized it was the same as the radio drama with Brian Cox, I settled in and stopped whinging.
The wife of a murdered judge asks McLevy for his help when she becomes the prime suspect. This is another detective's territory and McLevy can only cause trouble for himself for interfering ... but he does anyway. The judge was bung-full of arsenic and his comely widow is rumored to be having an affair with a portrait painter - hence the title.
Golly, this seemed awfully short. It's hard to tell with an ebook. To give you an idea of how short it was, I read it during lunch.
It wasn't until quite a ways in that I realized this was the Ispector McLevy from the BBC radio dramas. Ohhh. Maybe these aren't intended to be full-length novels. In the beginning I was thwarted by the heavy Scots dialect going on, but once I realized it was the same as the radio drama with Brian Cox, I settled in and stopped whinging.
The wife of a murdered judge asks McLevy for his help when she becomes the prime suspect. This is another detective's territory and McLevy can only cause trouble for himself for interfering ... but he does anyway. The judge was bung-full of arsenic and his comely widow is rumored to be having an affair with a portrait painter - hence the title.
July 30, 2015
Such wonderful characters, and a lively tale.
This story reads like really good neighborhood gossip. What's not to like about it. I will recommend to my friends.
This story reads like really good neighborhood gossip. What's not to like about it. I will recommend to my friends.
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