SHADOW OF THE SERPENT by David Ashton ( 9781473631007 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SHADOW OF THE SERPENT
AN INSPECTOR MCLEVY MYSTERY 1

By:

David Ashton

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1473631009

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9781473631007

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Publisher:

HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION

Pub. date:

5 May, 2016

Series:

Inspector McLevy

Pages:

256

Translated from:

English

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVYELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times | 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox | 'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock Holmes Society | 'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' Herald1880, 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.THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES1 - Shadow of the Serpent2 - Fall from Grace3 - A Trick of the Light4 - Nor Will He Sleep

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Two Roads

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