Description
The year is 1798. David Stoddart is a town councillor by day and a felon by night. After dark he wears a thief’s garb and prowls the streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town. But whatever the councillor steals he gambles away. He is addicted to the criminal underworld and while he fights against his passions, he is forever drawn back like a moth to a flame.
As his debts increase Stoddart forms a gang to increase his takings. One of them is an ex-convict on the run for murder. One night a raid goes disastrously wrong and a man almost dies. The councillor flees and the ex-convict betrays his companions for a reward.
Stoddart escapes to Antwerp in the hope of securing a passage to America, where he can start a new life. His luck runs out and the councillor is hauled back to Auld Reekie in chains.
Fate has turned full circle and Edinburgh’s gentleman thief must pay the price…
A Leap In The Dark shows how we are often caught on the horns of a dilemma: between darkness and light, good and evil. As Robert Louis Stevenson said: ‘Man is not truly one, but truly two.’
Details
Publisher - Chiselbury
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Justin Kerr-Smiley
Published Date - November 01 2024
ISBN - 9781916556409
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 212
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