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Item Details
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SHADOW OF THE SERPENT
AN INSPECTOR MCLEVY MYSTERY |
| By: |
David Ashton |
| Format: |
Downloadable audio file |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1473640253 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781473640252 |
| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 2016 |
| Edition: |
Digital original |
| Series: |
Inspector McLevy 1 |
| 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: |
LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES. THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR McLEVY. 'DAVID ASHTON IMPECCABLY EVOKES EDINBURGH' Financial Times ELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox 'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock Holmes Society 'A REAL PAGE-TURNER' Sunday Post 'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' Herald 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. THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES 1 - Shadow of the Serpent 2 - Fall from Grace 3 - A Trick of the Light 4 - Nor Will He Sleep |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Two Roads |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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