Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
David Ashton
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LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES.THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR McLEVY.
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.
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Praise for Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
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PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR McLEVY SERIESMclevy is a sort of Victorian Morse with a heart, prowling the mean wynds and tenements of the endlessly fascinating city. David Ashton impeccably evokes Edinburgh so vividly that you feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town's steep cobbles and dark corners - Financial TimesAn intriguing Victorian story... elegant and convincing - The TimesMcLevy is one of the greatest psychological creations and Ashton the direct heir to Robert Louis Stevenson - Brian Cox, star of the BBC Radio 4 McLevy seriesDavid Ashton's writing is excellent, his characters thoroughly convincing and his narrative grabs you - The Sherlock Holmes SocietyAshton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own - ScotsmanA real page-turner - The Sunday PostDripping with melodrama and derring-do - Herald
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