Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
John Murray Press
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John Murray Press
Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
The original Scottish detective and the beginning of the modern Scottish crime novel. Known as the father of forensics and a likely influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, real-life police inspector James McLevy is here reinvented by David Ashton in a thrilling mystery - the first in a series - set in dark, violent Victorian Edinburgh.
...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY| ''ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'' actor Brian Cox | ''EXCELLENT'' The Sherlock Holmes Society | ''DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO'' Herald ELEGANT AND CONVINCING'' The Times
1880, Edinburgh.
Election fever grips the city. But while the rich and educated argue about politics, in the dank wynds of the docks it''s a struggle just to stay alive. When a prostitute is brutally murdered, disturbing memories from thirty years ago are stirred in Inspector McLevy who is soon lured into a murky world of politics, perversion and deception - and the shadow of the serpent.
BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES
THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES
1 - Shadow of the Serpent
2 - Fall from Grace
3 - A Trick of the Light
4 - Nor Will He Sleep
...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY| ''ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'' actor Brian Cox | ''EXCELLENT'' The Sherlock Holmes Society | ''DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO'' Herald ELEGANT AND CONVINCING'' The Times
1880, Edinburgh.
Election fever grips the city. But while the rich and educated argue about politics, in the dank wynds of the docks it''s a struggle just to stay alive. When a prostitute is brutally murdered, disturbing memories from thirty years ago are stirred in Inspector McLevy who is soon lured into a murky world of politics, perversion and deception - and the shadow of the serpent.
BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES
THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES
1 - Shadow of the Serpent
2 - Fall from Grace
3 - A Trick of the Light
4 - Nor Will He Sleep
- | Author: David Ashton
- | Publisher: John Murray Press
- | Publication Date: May 05, 2016
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language:
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781473631007
- | ISBN-10: 1473631009
- Author:
- David Ashton
- Publisher:
- John Murray Press
- Publication Date:
- May 05, 2016
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9781473631007
- ISBN10:
- 1473631009
