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Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
David Ashton
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Description for Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
Paperback. 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. Series: Inspector McLevy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 174.
...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 ... Read more
...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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Inspector McLevy
Condition
New
Weight
174g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473631007
SKU
V9781473631007
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About David Ashton
DAVID ASHTON was born in Greenock in 1941. He studied at Central Drama School, London, from 1964 to 1967, and most recently appeared in The Last King of Scotland and The Etruscan Smile. David started writing in 1984 and he has seen many of his plays and TV adaptations broadcast - he wrote early episodes of EastEnders and ... Read more
Reviews for Shadow of the Serpent: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 1
You can easily imagine the bustling life of a major port, and the stories are alive with a most amazing array of characters
BBC Radio 4
Dripping with melodrama and derring-do
Herald
A real page-turner
The Sunday Post
Ashton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own ... Read more
BBC Radio 4
Dripping with melodrama and derring-do
Herald
A real page-turner
The Sunday Post
Ashton's McLevy is a man obsessed with meting out justice and with demons of his own ... Read more