Esta serie se adentra en las sombrías calles de Edimburgo, siguiendo el viaje de una mujer resiliente que navega por los márgenes de la sociedad. Superviviente de un pasado difícil, ahora dirige un establecimiento de renombre mientras se ve envuelta en la resolución de violentos asesinatos. Los lectores pueden esperar misterios apasionantes ambientados en un contexto histórico, llenos de intriga, peligro y una protagonista femenina cautivadora.
Jean Brash, who first appeared in the McLevy mysteries, was once a child of the streets, now Mistress of the Just Land, the best bawdy-hoose in Edinburgh - on her own and on the case ... of violent murder.
It's springtime and Jean Brash, Mistress of the Just Land (best bawdy-hoose in Edinburgh), is raring to go. But past, present and future collide to undermine that desire. A theatre company arrives in Leith to perform KING LEAR. A ruthless robbery is planned, and a gruesome murder committed, both of which set Inspector James McLevy on the prowl; and Jean's past returns in the form of a bad seed from a vicious killer. Even more lethally, her own lost family life explodes in the present, as a wild young actress who trails violence and death behind her involves Jean in a dangerous complex game that threatens to destroy the very root of her identity. When you look death in the face, it's best not to blink - otherwise the play is over.