Publisher's Synopsis
Halloween, 1881. Edinburgh. And the dead are restless. Inspector James McLevy is called to action when Muriel Grierson, an outwardly genteel widow, is robbed at home. Her knight in shining armour - one Arthur Conan Doyle, recently graduated from medical school - 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. When a vicious murder occurs with evidence of supernatural strength, all roads lead to Sophia Adler, a beautiful young American spiritualist, and the inspector becomes involved with one of the most dangerous women he has ever encountered...
